On 2019-03-28 7:36 am, Steven Penny wrote:
On Thu, 28 Mar 2019 08:34:34, Thomas Wolff wrote:
Mintty can be used to run any command-line application directly (like
top, your editor, ...), a shell is not needed.
That may be true, the by default Mintty is configure to load Bash. So
it is
disingenuous so simply say that it does not require a shell, unless you
want to
change the default to load "top" as you said.
I think that part of the issue is that there is no clear definition of a
dependancy. I encounter questionable dependancies all the time from
Cygwin Setup. If I try to install the wrong thing, there is a whole
ecosystem of packages that come with it that I don't want. I just don't
install that thing I wanted and live without it or get it another way.
Likewise there are dependancies that are merely advisory and the package
works just fine without it.
I think that a package should only be listed as a dependancy if the
upstream package will not even run without it. Things like library
packages. Even if it provides core functionality, if the main package
will run, it's not a dependancy. Dependancy hell is one of the few
things I don't like about Cygwin.
Thanks.
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