On Apr 26, 2015, at 12:50 AM, Steven Penny <svnp...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I feel that wget or curl should be a Cygwin base package. I looked at these
> distros and they all come with one or both pre-installed.

Cygwin’s “base” doesn’t use the same philosophy as the Linux distros you list.  
It’s closer to the base install of the major BSDs, or an old-line Unix.  That 
is, you get just enough stuff to help you bootstrap whatever you actually need 
to get work done.
--
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

Reply via email to