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Re: New Install May Have a Bug
On Wed, 2001-11-28 at 08:28, Charles Wilson wrote:
> Mark Jones wrote:
>
>
> > First, thanks for the reply.
> >
> > I understand the reasoning behind the choice, but I would suggest adding a
> > little more to the standard of minimum. Users of any UNIX like system
> > expect more/less to be present. I think it will turn people off, and Linux
> > users that install it will figure the install failed to work properly (like
> > my friend and I did) or will think Cygwin just doesn't have less or more
> > ported over to it and assume that Cygwin is not mature yet.
> >
> > That is my thoughts on the matter.
>
>
> That's probably not a bad idea. Robert (Chris? Who maintains less?),
> should 'less' be added to the Base package?
I don't think so. Once someone creates a metapackage, or I get the
clickable categories done, then the sensible user default becaomes
possible. The issue is that base really needs to be the _base_, not the
'end user default' - because some users may want less installed. (No pun
intended).
Rob
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