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RE: New Install May Have a Bug
- From: Heribert Dahms <heribert_dahms at icon-scm dot com>
- To: 'Robert Collins' <robert dot collins at itdomain dot com dot au>, Charles Wilson <cwilson at ece dot gatech dot edu>
- Cc: Mark Jones <mark_umr at excite dot com>, Stephano Mariani <sk dot cygml at btinternet dot com>, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 23:38:02 +0100
- Subject: RE: New Install May Have a Bug
what do you think about categories like minimal, typical, (custom), full,
new,
with typical as default?
Bye, Heribert (heribert_dahms@icon-scm.com)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Collins [SMTP:robert.collins@itdomain.com.au]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 23:26
> To: Charles Wilson
> Cc: Mark Jones; Stephano Mariani; cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: 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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