Re: On Cygwin package naming and a setup.exe bug

[Christopher Faylor <cgf at redhat dot com>]

On Mon, Aug 27, 2001 at 02:42:27PM -0400, Charles Wilson wrote:
>Well, you have to expect some bitterness.  Count the number of problem 
>reports generated by people who don't even use OUR setup to install 
>cygwin itself.  Geez.

Here is what I said:

*>I'd have to get a ruling from other developers to see if this screws up
*>anything else.  I've got mixed feelings about putting concessions for
*>other packages in setup.  It isn't really supposed to be a general
*>purpose installation tool.

This is the second time in a couple of months that I've gotten a violent
reaction to my suggesting that I'd ask for other people's input.  I
really don't get it.

cgf

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