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From: "Parker, Ron" <rdparker AT butlermfg DOT org>
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Cc: Mumit Khan <khan AT NanoTech DOT Wisc DOT EDU>
Subject: RE: Installer (WAS: RE: next net release preview) 
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 15:03:00 -0600
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-----Original Message-----
From: Mumit Khan [mailto:khan AT NanoTech DOT Wisc DOT EDU]
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 2:53 PM
To: Parker, Ron
Cc: cygwin-developers AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; cgf AT cygnus DOT com
Subject: Re: Installer (WAS: RE: next net release preview) 

<snip>
> I really would like to avoid touching InstallShield, especially given that
> the version I have is a GUI driven that takes forever to put together for
> packages with lots of directories and lots of files. Also, my version
> doesn't allow running an application after installation finishes (post
> install scripts are very useful).

Agreed. I have the both InstallShield Professional and IS Express Pro.  They
do allow for post installation scripts, but IS products contain numerous
bugs and as of Version 6.0 have serious backward compatibility problems. Add
to that I would like for whatever install program is used to be open source
since CYGWIN itself is and I don't want to write something for its users
that is not open source.