From: cgf AT bbc DOT com (Christopher Faylor) Subject: Re: cygwin32-developers problems? 10 Mar 1998 12:55:07 -0800 Message-ID: <199803102033.PAA05281.cygnus.cygwin32.developers@hardy.bbc.com> To: tromey AT cygnus DOT com Cc: cygwin32-developers AT cygnus DOT com >From: Tom Tromey >Date: 10 Mar 1998 13:23:16 -0700 > >Christopher> You could modify the installation procedure so that there >Christopher> were three (or more?) packages. A "base" package, a >Christopher> "developers" package, a "users" package. This is nearly >Christopher> what is done now, but you could also allow click and >Christopher> choose installation of specific packages. > >Why stop there? >Why not just use packages, like Debian or Red Hat? >In fact, isn't there already some initiative to do something like this >(host Debian on top of Cygwin)? There was some discussion about that in the mailing list a while ago. I'm not familiar with the way those packages work under Windows. Would they have the "look and feel" that is requisite for Windows installers? Or, if that is not an issue then, I agree that this would be the way to go. No need to reinvent the wheel... -- http://www.bbc.com/ cgf AT bbc DOT com "Strange how unreal VMS=>UNIX Solutions Boston Business Computing the real can be."