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Date:	Mon, 29 Apr 2002 08:10:07 -0400
From:	Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
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To:	Earnie Boyd <Cygwin-Apps AT cygwin DOT com>, Earnie Boyd <Cygwin-Apps AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	[Fwd: Re[2]: 'redownload' aka download again and cygwin setup]

So tell the list not me.

Earnie.

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Subject: Re[2]: 'redownload' aka download again and cygwin setup
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 14:04:07 +0200
From: Marco Müllers <Marco AT Versatile DOT de>
Reply-To: Marco Müllers <Marco AT Versatile DOT de>
Organization: Marco Müllers
To: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
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EB> I've used the redownload feature to reget a corrupted downloaded
file. 
EB> Not often, but it's worth saving the functionality.

That's correct, at this moment I use it  in fact of the same matter.

cu,
 Marco                            mailto:Marco AT Versatile DOT de

EB> Earnie.

EB> Robert Collins wrote:
>> 
>> Ok. Time for a straw poll.
>> 
>> Please write back (to me or the list, your choice) whether you use the
>> DELIBERATE 'download again' functionality of setup.exe or not.
>> And if so, how often and for what purpose.
>> 
>> This is to determine if certain functionality that -in essence- causes
>> the 'accidental' redownloading of files in 'download only' mode.
>> 
>> Both positive and negative answers are useful, but in the absence of any
>> significant number of answers, I will assume that no-one uses the
>> functionality.
>> 
>> Unless there is a real user need for it, the functionality will be
>> removed in the next setup.exe release.
>> 
>> Rob

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