From: rread AT datarithm DOT com (Robert Read) Subject: RE: CD-based distribution (was Another website....) 13 Aug 1998 02:53:23 -0700 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII To: Marcus Brown Cc: Robert DOT Cross AT scottish-newcastle DOT co DOT uk, gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com What about the Debian .deb tools? I've never compared the two side by side, but Debian seemed have a better handle on package dependencies and also a better support for upgrades. The package selection application was a bit obtuse, though. robert On Tue, 11 Aug 1998, Marcus Brown wrote: > I think this would be a good idea, but in the spirit of Red Hat, rpm > would be a better installation method (BTW, it has been ported to > cygwin32, not by me, but I have been using it). Also, the source of > each "tool" or "component" should be on the CD for easy reconfiguration. > I dunno, just my 2 cents. > > Marcus > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert DOT Cross AT scottish-newcastle DOT co DOT uk > [mailto:Robert DOT Cross AT scottish-newcastle DOT co DOT uk] > Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 1998 4:10 AM > To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com > Subject: CD-based distribution (was Another > website....) > > Here's what I'd like to see in a GNU-WIN32 CD > distribution. I'll call it 'Blue > Socks' to distinguish > it from 'Red Hat' Linux .... > > Basic system using InstallShield or similar installer. > Able to cleanly > uninstall whole system. > Full Unix paths, (/usr, /home, /etc) > Manual pages plus support programs (man, grotty, etc). > EGCS (C/C++, plus make only - no Fortran, Pascal, etc) > X-programs, such as xterm, xtetris, etc. > > At the risk of being real unpopular, I'd prefer the > current two distributions, > i.e. a user and > a programmer distribution. The programmer distribution > would include all in the > user > distribution plus: > Perl, > Tcl/Tk, > Emacs or Xemacs (the latter preferred as Emacs on NT is > pretty darn good > anyway). > Other programming languages (esp Fortran, Pascal) > Graphics libraries, (where licensing allows), JPEG, > GIF(?), TIFF, PNG. > > What do other people think about this? > > Bob Cross. > - > For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to > "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help". > - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".