X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <45B04971.4060408@cygwin.com> Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 23:30:41 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.9) Gecko/20061221 Fedora/1.5.0.9-1.fc4.remi Thunderbird/1.5.0.9 Mnenhy/0.7.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Default For Install Should Be Install Everything References: <93668 DOT 24629 DOT qm AT web31512 DOT mail DOT mud DOT yahoo DOT com> In-Reply-To: <93668.24629.qm@web31512.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Michael Boom wrote: > When people I tell about Cygwin install it, they tend > to use the default. They don’t realize that by > clicking the word “Default”, it will change to > Install, and install everything. I think the default > should be to install everything. Few people are going > to read the installation documentation and few people > want to install less than everything. Does anyone > agree? If so who should I send my opinion to? If you're having problems getting people you tell to install Cygwin with all packages, why not tell them how to install everything? Or, if you think that's too complex, you could provide a custom package server that allows them to download and install everything (see ). Just set up a dummy package that's part of the base category and depends on every other package. Point folks you want to have install everything to your server and "voila!", you're done. Or you could provide patches to 'setup.exe' to insert a page with the more traditional coarse options of "Full", "Minimal", and "Custom" options (see ). I'd argue even with today's world of more broadband connections, defaulting the install to download upward of a GB worth of packages is still going to be an issue for most. But I believe that even if that's not true, having a clearer way to install everything would probably resolve any current confusion, regardless of the default option set. As for who you should tell, well, I guess that's this list. If all you want to do is tell people about your opinion, I think you're done. If you're interested in doing more than just presenting your opinion, I've provided you with a few options to consider as well. :-) -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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/