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Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:52:16 -0400
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Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 08:32:26AM -0400, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
>> Paul McFerrin wrote:
>>> Can you really *expect* that someone running B20 for 5+ years can
>>> remember from "which package" to select so you will not lose a
>>> particular program that you've been using for years.  Heck I didn't
>>> even know it was part of the "linux" util package.  I never used a
>>> Linus system before.  The "cal" command was introduced back in SVR2
>>> days (~1976)! Way before Linux came on the scene! Yes, I'm showing my
>>> age.
>>
>> No I don't expect you to remember details of your ancient install.  I
>> would expect that you'd recognize that quite allot has likely changed
>> in the interim and that you might need to do a little leg-work to get
>> everything you had back to the way you like it.  I don't believe Cygwin
>> is unusual in this respect.  Any 6+ year old distribution is going to
>> have changes that may seem a little jarring to those that may be
>> seeking to have everything just the way they had it.  Of course, if you
>> feel that these realities don't live up to your expectations, you are
>> free to stick with the versions you have for as long as they do what
>> you want.
> 
> There's all that plus the fact that B20 didn't actually have "packages"
> anyway.  That was more-or-less the point of subsequent releases - allowing
> people to choose what they wanted.

Indeed.  Why did I forget that? ;-)  I guess that provides others who want
to upgrade from B20 to something current another way of getting all that
they're likely to want/need/be used to - install everything.

Gulp.  Now the flood gates have been opened! ;-)

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A: Yes.
 > Q: Are you sure?
 >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
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