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Re: Why the rash of people bypassing setup.exe to install?
On Sat, Feb 15, 2003 at 01:57:23PM -0600, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote:
>>Isn't it, in the first place the "Cygwin Package Manager"? "cpm"?
>>Even the suffix of the archive files could be cpm...
>
>It's not at all unprecedented for Windows "installers" to be "dual-use"
>like Cygwin Setup is. The control panel API even directly supports
>such use (eg. change/remove buttons). Change the name to "Cygwin
>Package Manager", and people will think you need cygwin already
>installed to use it. Let's keep the "Setup" moniker, strive to keep
>that end as Windowesqe as makes sense, and let the unavoidable chips
>fall where they may.
Hear, here.
cgf
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