"Christopher Faylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 02:45:36PM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > >On Wed, 26 Feb 2003, you (whoever you are) wrote: > >>I have read in the cygwin-apps list that pdksh is available. Until it > >>is officially announced and available in the package list, what is the > >>correct procedure for installing it? Can I use the setup program to > >>install it? > >> > >>I guess this question applies to any new package that is not officially > >>released. > > > >This depends on who is releasing the package. Sometimes people have > >their own setup-aware mirrors, with the appropriate setup.ini file. > >Their announcements of packages then usually contain something like "To > >review, point your setup.exe to <some web address>". You can then use > >setup.exe to install the packages. > > Let me say again that I think it is a very bad idea for random people to > be installing the package before it is officially ready. As a package > maintainer, I would find questions or bug reports from newbies quite > annoying before the package is released. > > "I saw you were digging a hole for your pool so I filled it with water. > How do I make the water nice and clear? It seems to be a little too > muddy for swimming." > > If you want to sign on to help review packages then that is, of course, > welcome. However, if you have to ask how to install an .tar.bz2 file > then you have lots of learning to do before your insight will be useful. > > I could even, if I was so inclined, pull the "off-topic" card for this. > Packages not included in the cygwin release are not what the cygwin > mailing list is supposed to be used for. > > Of course, I wouldn't do something like that because I'm not that... > > No. Wait a minute... Hmm. > > cgf >
Well, I guess this would be the wrong mailing list for the question. Perhaps 'applications' would have been the correct place. But, I still think the question is a good on that deserves and answer. I'm sure that those that do know how to install the pre-release packages didn't always know how to do it. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
