Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2005 22:00:09 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: setup.exe filename Message-ID: <20050808020009.GA5026@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <42F6A087 DOT A111B257 AT dessent DOT net> <20050808002216 DOT E83D813C054 AT cgf DOT cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050808002216.E83D813C054@cgf.cx> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i On Sun, Aug 07, 2005 at 07:22:19PM -0500, Herb Martin wrote: >> [mailto:cygwin-owner cygwin com] On Behalf Of Brian Dessent ?????????????????????????????? >>I do not like the idea of adding the version to the name of the file. >>To a naive user it would reinforce the incorrect idea that the version >>of setup has anything whatsoever to do with the version of Cygwin and >>other packages that they are installing. We already get too many of >>those on the mailing list as it is. >> >>A user might see "setup-1.2.3" and then later see > >That is a logical and possibly sufficient reason for omitting the >"version" from the CygWin setup file name. Phew! cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/