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Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2002 18:30:53 -0500
From: Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
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To: Robert Collins <rbcollins AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: [FAQ?] Re: [Mingw-users] Cygwin  Full download in one big archive
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Robert Collins wrote:
> Some back-of-a-postcard sums:
> 
> monolithic install
> 577MB install.
> 1 update to a package a week,
> 1 new 577MB install file created each week.
> longest period without updating - 2 months.
> 
> this would mean an average of ~280MB per month downloading updates.
> 
> 
> modular install
> 577MB total download size
> 1 update to a package a week,
> 1 new modular install (avg ~5MB) created each week.
> longest period without updated - 2 months.
> 
> this would mean an average of ~20MB per month downloading updates.
> 
> Seems pretty clear to me, that for anyone on a slow link, or anyone
> charged by volume, that the modular install is much more efficient.

Faulty analogy.  Most users would probably only download the monolithic 
tarball once, for their initial installation.  Then use setup.exe and 
update things in a modular fashion after that.

Mebbe the FAQ could include "Can't I just download all of cygwin at one 
time without using setup?"

Sure.  The easiest way is to get this (native windows) GUI port of wget:
   http://www.jensroesner.de/wgetgui/      (The GUI)
which needs
   http://space.tin.it/computer/hherold/   (the actual wget binary + ssl 
libraries)

[disclaimer: the software referenced here is not part of cygwin, not 
supported by us, talk to the authors of the programs if you have 
problems, yadda yadda yadda]

Install 'em, run the GUI ....

--------

If somebody (David?) writes up this FAQ, check 
http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2002-07/msg00600.html and
http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2002-07/msg00595.html for more detailed 
info on this GPL'ed software and step-by-step "click here, type this 
there" instructions for using wGetGui to grab cygwin.

--Chuck



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