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From:	Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
Date:	Wed, 26 Jan 2000 11:17:51 -0500
To:	J Shane Culpepper <pepper AT netscape DOT com>
Cc:	cygwin-developers AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Subject:	Re: next net release preliminary info
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In-Reply-To:	<388EBBFC.A500A583@netscape.com>; from pepper@netscape.com on Wed, Jan 26, 2000 at 01:18:52AM -0800

On Wed, Jan 26, 2000 at 01:18:52AM -0800, J Shane Culpepper wrote:
>I would suggest using rpm.  Its been ported to cygwin and a great tool for
>modular installation.  Write an installer based on the rpm development libs
>which can query for available packages much like redhat does.  You could also
>leverage from  the up2date redhat modules written in perl and python (i
>believe) for redhat distributions.  Maybe this is too much work but it would
>be a great distribution scheme.  That way you can always get the latest
>greatest modules for install.  I'm a proud owner of the official 1.0 CD but
>I'd love to be able to get certain things updated without having to always
>build the modules I want.

Are you interested in spearheading this?

cgf

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