X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 09:57:28 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: [experimental] cygwin-1.5.25-11 Message-ID: <20080306145728.GA17616@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <001101c87f7f$556dc310$00494930$@net.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <001101c87f7f$556dc310$00494930$@net.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 On Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 12:43:41PM +0100, Peter Klavins wrote: >1. Since my downloads directory may contain many files, amongst which >other generic setup.exe's, could the cygwin setup program be changed to >something more related to cygwin, e.g., cygsetup.exe? That would fit >well with other cygwin bits like cyg*.dll and cyg*.exe. At the moment >the only hint that it belongs to cygwin is its icon, which you only see >if you're looking at it with Explorer. No, we're not going to change the name of the program. It's been called setup.exe for many years and changing the name now would be guaranteed to generate confusion. If mixing cygwin downloads with other downloads is causing you confusion then the obvious thing to do is to use another directory. 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/