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Re: Sample setup.ini


It's easy enough to release a setup.exe built with partial as the default
list display and CATEGORY disabled - only three lines need changing.

That way I don't think a separate branch needs maintaining.

Rob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael A. Chase" <mchase@ix.netcom.com>
To: <cygwin-developers@sources.redhat.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2001 7:43 PM
Subject: Sample setup.ini


> I think it would be very useful to get out a version of setup.exe that can
> recognize and ignore the new markers in setup.ini ().  That way you could
> start including the markers in the production setup.ini before everyone
> switches over to a setup.exe that actually uses them.
>
> I am willing to provide an alternate branch to setup.exe if you are
> agreeable.  I think it would be enough to start with the currently
released
> version's source then add the changes to iniparse and inilex with the
> functions that process the new markers NOOPed.
>
> =======
> I think "Basic" or "Essential" or "Required" would be a better name for
the
> essential Cygwin packages than "Base".
>
> I think filutils should be in the "Base" category.  People would be very
> surprised to find a system without cp, ls, mkdir, mv, and rm,  The
> "requires:" marker might avoid that problem though.  If so, several other
> packages should probably be in other categories in addition to "Base".
>
> =======
> Additional category name suggestions: File Compression, Help, Backup,
Image.
>
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