----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Faylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 2:08 PM Subject: Re: about cygwin setup
> I was going to say that this was a new record. After months of people > complaining because cygwin made them download everything, we now have > someone complaining because cygwin doesn't allow them to easily download > everything. > > However, doesn't he have a point? We don't have any way to specify that > you want the "full cygwin experience". > > I thought at one time that the category names would be selectable. Then > you could select all of the "Base", "Developer", "Net", etc. > > I'm losing track with all of the flurry of discussion. Maybe this has > already been mentioned. Regardless, unless I'm missing something I > think this probably should be the #1 priority for the next setup.exe > release. > > Otherwise, we're due for a lot of "Cygwin doesn't install an editor" > comments. Ok, there are two ways around this: meta-packages that suck in other packages (already supported, just need them created), or clickable categories. I'm going to start a new thread on the second bit. Rob