X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <461A7565.2050207@cygwin.com> Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 13:18:29 -0400 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: Setup.exe version @ cygwin.com References: <461A57FE DOT 7030106 AT veritech DOT com> <461A5F85 DOT 1010709 AT cygwin DOT com> <461A65A4 DOT 2080905 AT veritech DOT com> In-Reply-To: <461A65A4.2080905@veritech.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 LDR wrote: > 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. >> > At the web site: Cygwin.com! I'll agree with Dave that your terse reply leaves a little to the imagination but I'll take a stab anyway. I'll interpret the above to mean that you want to see the version number listed next to the link(s) on the main page at cygwin.com. I guess this would let people know exactly which version they're downloading. There's still the issue of synchronization. And unless the user remembers this information and can provide it when requested, it don't see an advantage to having it on the web site. Users aren't generally interesting in this information. The only time it might come up is when there is a problem which may be affected by the version that was run. In that case, the version that's currently on the web site is irrelevant. It may have changed since the user ran it last. I may be missing something but I don't see a problem that would be solved by posting the 'setup.exe' version on the web site. That said, if the site and setup maintainers decide this is something they want to add, I'm not against it. I'm just not sure it resolves a problem in the category you were suggesting. -- 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/