Re: GNU-Win32 distribution question

["Marty Leisner" <leisner at sdsp dot mc dot xerox dot com>]

I would like:
1)	smaller packages (rather than the all-in-one approach)
2)	compressed tar files of the tree...once its in that
	format, it shouldn't be too hard to give both install-sheilds
	and tars...

I've seen commercial Unix vendors saying:
	1) Log on as root
	2) follow these steps (installing software into /usr/bin).
When I see this, its a good sign to find some other vendor.

Windows install procedures seem to be developed by these miscreants
(installing all types of .dlls into a common windows directory, with
no hint what's going on).

I like the way djgpp is arranged...although its a lot of zip files
I don't have to deal with the whole megillah if I want a few programs...
I also can install it on a Linux system, and get at everything from a
samba mount point...






-- 
marty
leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com  
The Feynman problem solving Algorithm
        1) Write down the problem
        2) Think real hard
        3) Write down the answer
                Murray Gell-mann in the NY Times




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