Setup query
David Starks-Browning
starksb@ebi.ac.uk
Tue Jul 2 11:40:00 GMT 2002
On Tuesday 2 Jul 02, Chris Game writes:
> In an earlier post, David Starks-Browning said...
>
> > > Do you have an idea what this choice actually does in terms of files
> > > downloaded and changes made to the installation?
> >
> > The setup part of the FAQ is overdue to be updated and I'll add
> > something about this then.
>
> Thanks for the response, David, though judging by the silence from
> the experts on this it might be hard to discover what this control
> actually does. Does no-one really know? I find that hard to believe.
>
> And more practically, the proper place for the explanation is not in
> the FAQ but on a pop-up box accessible from the setup screen. Keep
> the information near where it's needed. Cygwin may be fun to play
> with, but only if you like puzzles and have the time to unravel them.
> For real-world users it's like running a set of tools held together
> with baler twine - and each time one of them updates you have to undo
> and remake the baler twine connections all over again!
Then don't use it. Or provide patches.
David
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