Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Message-ID: From: Heribert Dahms To: "'Robert Collins'" , Charles Wilson Cc: Mark Jones , Stephano Mariani , cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: RE: New Install May Have a Bug Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 23:38:02 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain what do you think about categories like minimal, typical, (custom), full, new, with typical as default? Bye, Heribert (heribert_dahms@icon-scm.com) > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Collins [SMTP:robert.collins@itdomain.com.au] > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 23:26 > To: Charles Wilson > Cc: Mark Jones; Stephano Mariani; cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: Re: New Install May Have a Bug > > On Wed, 2001-11-28 at 08:28, Charles Wilson wrote: > > Mark Jones wrote: > > > > > > > First, thanks for the reply. > > > > > > I understand the reasoning behind the choice, but I would suggest > adding a > > > little more to the standard of minimum. Users of any UNIX like system > > > expect more/less to be present. I think it will turn people off, and > Linux > > > users that install it will figure the install failed to work properly > (like > > > my friend and I did) or will think Cygwin just doesn't have less or > more > > > ported over to it and assume that Cygwin is not mature yet. > > > > > > That is my thoughts on the matter. > > > > > > That's probably not a bad idea. Robert (Chris? Who maintains less?), > > should 'less' be added to the Base package? > > I don't think so. Once someone creates a metapackage, or I get the > clickable categories done, then the sensible user default becaomes > possible. The issue is that base really needs to be the _base_, not the > 'end user default' - because some users may want less installed. (No pun > intended). > > Rob -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/