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Re: Added setup.exe to User's Guide


I put a several people's comments inline here.

--- "Pierre A. Humblet" <Pierre dot Humblet at ieee dot org> wrote:
> >Well, a lot of the problem is probably that it is somewhat mysterious to
> >me as well. The way I see it, everyone should use "All Users" unless they
> >don't have local Administrators privlidge, right?
> 
> It would be good to confirm what that does, your doc is it.
> 
> I think you are right about the conclusion. Why don't you
> say just that? It's straightforward. Also doesn't setup
> preset the choice depending if you have local Administrators privilege?

--- Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu> wrote:
> 	If you have enough privileges on the system, it's always better to
> 	install for "All Users".  The only reason to install for "Just Me"
> 	is no write access to the HKLM registry key or the All Users Start
> 	Menu.
> ===
> And leave the ntsec reference intact.

Added something like these two combined. 

--- Robert Collins <rbcollins at cygwin dot com> wrote:
> * The cache should not be the same folder as the Cygwin root.
> 
> Can you make this "must not be". setup *will* choke :[.

Done.
 
> * For most users, the Direct Connection method of downloading is the
> best choice.
> 
> IMO the IE5 method is best. I've been considering making it the default.
> The IE5 method will leverage your IE5 cache and or organisational proxy
> server for performance. It will also honour browser auto-configuration
> scripts.

Done.
 
> * setup.ini
> setup actually downloads setup.bz2 these days, setup.ini is a suported 
> legacy config file. I don't know if you want to mention that or not.

Done.
 
> * along with some basic information about each package (version number,
> dependencies, checksum, etc.)
> You might want to skip this bit, and / or link to
> http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin-apps/setup.html#setup.ini
> i.e.: "From each selected mirror site, setup.exe downloads a small text
> file called setup.bz2 that contains a list of packages available from
> that mirror. For details on the format see the setup.exe <home page>".
 
Done.
 
> * packages are divided into categories
> you might want to say 'grouped into', or 'categorized by'. divided into
> could suggest literal division of individual packages to a non english
> reader - i.e. /bin files go into the foo package :].

Done.
 
> * a very basic Cygwin
> to me, 'minimal' reads more clearly than 'very basic'. Just a thought.
 
Done.
 
> * If you are interested in what is being done, the scripts are kept in
> the /etc/postinstall/ directory, renamed with a done extension after
> being run.
 
Done.
 
> I'd rather not have this in the users guide. It's one more place to
> update when things change... A reference to the setup package creation
> guide (http://cygwin.com/setup.html#postinstall) should suffice.

Done.
 
--- Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu> wrote:
> How about "Packages are assigned categories, and one package may belong to
> multiple categories".

Done.

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