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From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
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> Given the monstrous state of the Cygwin installer when I used it, as
> in size, complexity, "millions" of packages to chose from with zero
> information about them, unable to select/unselect the or change the
> version you want, forced updating, lost in numerous columns of
> stupid check boxes, I'd suspect that DJ would've rather not been
> mentioned ...  :-(

I'm OK with it.  The "monstorous" is mostly due to the packages, not
the installer itself.  There were far fewer packages back when I wrote
it, and a one-liner was plenty of description for them.