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Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
> LDR wrote:
>> Since there seems to be "some traffic" on which version of setup.exe is
>> causing (or not) which problems, might it not be a good idea to include
>> the version number of setup.exe with the link to the binary on the next
>> version of setup.exe?
>
> This has been discussed before.  IMO, I don't think putting the version
> anywhere other than the first page of the app is going to help much.  If
> someone can't find the version on the first page, they are likely to have
> problems finding it in the path or executable name.  It is a potential
> area for a synchronization problem, which would cause more confusion.
>
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