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Subject: Re: setup.exe: something besides C++?
From: Robert Collins <rbcollins AT cygwin DOT com>
To: Steve Coleman <steve DOT coleman AT jhuapl DOT edu>
Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
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Date: 06 Mar 2003 07:05:31 +1100

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On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 02:26, Steve Coleman wrote:


> It wouldn't replace setup.exe since the initial install would still have=20
> to be done but it might be a good idea to have something that could=20
> check if there are updates to designated packages that are deemed=20
> important to the specific Cygwin user, and notify or even just perform=20
> the updates like the "Windows Update" service.=20

Funnily enough, setup can do 95% of that already. It can run with
command line parameters, and update to a shared cache of files, and also
download from the same cache in preference to the internet.

Don't let that stop you though :]. Variety in choices is good, and any
mirror-side changes we make to setup will be down slowly to avoid
breaking 3rd party tools (and upset :}:}).

Rob
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GPG key available at: <http://users.bigpond.net.au/robertc/keys.txt>.

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