X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4AEF2BD2.6030208@cygwin.com> Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:58:26 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Binary distribution and DLLs References: <002e01ca5a3b$f1f695c0$d5e3c140$@com> <20091102123808 DOT GD7831 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> <20091102145746 DOT GL7831 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On 11/02/2009 10:10 AM, Jason Pyeron wrote: > Link 1: download with source (250MB) > Link 2: download without source (12MB) > > Installing from link2: > > Installer asks, would you like to download the source? 'setup.exe' does not have a mechanism for such a question if that's what you're asking. From the distributor's perspective, they can manage their obligation to provide access to the source (from their own site) much as you outlined above with separate links. An alternative would be a separate package with both the binary and the source, if there's a desire to provide both in a single download. That mechanism is supported by 'setup.exe' and seems to me to be essentially equivalent of what you're asking about. But perhaps I misunderstood you. And again, because it cannot be repeated enough, if someone is distributing a binary that depends on the Cygwin DLL, they need to provide access to both the binary and the source of Cygwin and they need to be available from the same location as their offering. Pointing to cygwin.com or some other site they don't control is not sufficient. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple