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[Fwd: Re[2]: 'redownload' aka download again and cygwin setup]
- From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com>
- To: Earnie Boyd <Cygwin-Apps at Cygwin dot Com>, Earnie Boyd <Cygwin-Apps at Cygwin dot Com>
- Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 08:10:07 -0400
- Subject: [Fwd: Re[2]: 'redownload' aka download again and cygwin setup]
So tell the list not me.
Earnie.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re[2]: 'redownload' aka download again and cygwin setup
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 14:04:07 +0200
From: Marco Müllers <Marco@Versatile.de>
Reply-To: Marco Müllers <Marco@Versatile.de>
Organization: Marco Müllers
To: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd@yahoo.com>
References:
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EB> I've used the redownload feature to reget a corrupted downloaded
file.
EB> Not often, but it's worth saving the functionality.
That's correct, at this moment I use it in fact of the same matter.
cu,
Marco mailto:Marco@Versatile.de
EB> Earnie.
EB> Robert Collins wrote:
>>
>> Ok. Time for a straw poll.
>>
>> Please write back (to me or the list, your choice) whether you use the
>> DELIBERATE 'download again' functionality of setup.exe or not.
>> And if so, how often and for what purpose.
>>
>> This is to determine if certain functionality that -in essence- causes
>> the 'accidental' redownloading of files in 'download only' mode.
>>
>> Both positive and negative answers are useful, but in the absence of any
>> significant number of answers, I will assume that no-one uses the
>> functionality.
>>
>> Unless there is a real user need for it, the functionality will be
>> removed in the next setup.exe release.
>>
>> Rob