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Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 07:32:30 -0400
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: 'redownload' aka download again and cygwin setup
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I've used the redownload feature to reget a corrupted downloaded file. 
Not often, but it's worth saving the functionality.

Earnie.

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