> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of Elfyn McBratney
> Hannu E K Nevalainen (garbage mail) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A lot of personal opinions below, take heed. --8<-- > > The way to go IMO is: > > Create "Start->Programs->cygwin-> [ put ALL cygwin related > stuff HERE ]" (*) --8<-- > I'm not going to delve into these topics now, but I would just > add this: If you > want anything here (and by here I mean cygwin.*) > fixed/changed/improved *you* need > to scratch *your* itch. It's free software, after all. > > In this case, I mean communicate with the right people [read: > speak to cygwin-xfree]. Right... <sigh> Until now I have had no need to read/write to that list. > > *) > > Might this be a "good" addition to setup.exe? > > Could be. I was thinking about something similar, where a package > can have an .ini > file (following the convention here; perhaps .menu) somewhere > (similar to the > postinstall/preremove magic) where the package could > install/remove a menu item or > items, which IMO would be quite useful for X apps. Could, also, > of course be expanded > upon. And, might save you some hair. :-) =-) that would be nice. (Not that I have much left ;-) > > My main motivaton being able to bung' a cygserver shortcut > somewhere (but also give > other packages the ease of doing it, too). Nothing coded (<g>) > just throwing an idea > into the air. I'd say - go for it! You'll have my support :-) > > Another option for setup.exe: Allow to download, but NOT install - for > > *selected* packages? > > "Download from Internet" ? Nope, I didn't write it in enough detail I believe. If I understand correctly, setup.exe is on the way to the point where it will keep _package selections_ set as they were the last time it was run. Having the above setting available _for a package or two_ *in this context* should be a nice feature. /Hannu E K Nevalainen, B.Sc. EE Microcomputer systems - 59?14'N, 17?12'E --END OF MESSAGE-- -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
