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Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2001 08:38:58 -0500
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
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To: Robert Collins <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
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Subject: Re: cygutils: Category
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Robert Collins wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Earnie Boyd" <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
> > > Keeping backward compatible/useable behaviour for
> > > a) Local installs from directories without setup.ini files, and
> >
> > That user must deal with those themselves.
> 
> Nice in theory. If that was truely the case I could delete an entire
> source file and remove some problematic logic from setup.exe.
> Unfortunately, last I heard we do have to support those users.
> 
> > > b) packages that for (whatever) reason don't have a category.
> > >
> >
> > If they are required as part of the Base setup then the category is
> > simply Base.
> 
> No. Packages without a category have either been added manually to a
> cached setup.ini, or have been added without a setup.hint. In either
> case we dont' want them appearing under the Base category - they are NOT
> officially sanctioned base packages that *we here* want to appear there.
> 
> http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin-developers/2001-06/msg00098.html is
> the message where Misc is suggested by cgf.
> 

I see, I chimed in on that thread.  I didn't know though it would be a
required download.  Hopefully, this can be remedied in the future.

> > > > Can I suggest we change the setup behavior please?
> > >
> > > Sure. You get to deal with the users though :}.
> > >
> >
> > That's easy, just ignore them. ;)  Eventually someone will figure it
> out
> > and help those who can't.
> 
> True, true.
> 

Yep, Chris' experiment earlier this year proved to me that I could just
stop posting on the users list to deal with other matters.  I still read
the posts in the digest mode, particularly if it has an interesting
subject header.

Earnie.

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