Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote on Thursday, January 18, 2007 11:31 PM: > Michael Boom wrote: >> When people I tell about Cygwin install it, they tend to use the >> default. They don't realize that by clicking the word "Default", it >> will change to Install, and install everything. I think the default >> should be to install everything. Few people are going to read the >> installation documentation and few people want to install less than >> everything. Does anyone agree? If so who should I send my opinion >> to? > > If you're having problems getting people you tell to install Cygwin > with all packages, why not tell them how to install everything? Or, > if you think that's too complex, you could provide a custom package > server that allows them to download and install everything (see > <http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin-apps/package-server.html>). Just > set up a dummy package that's part of the base category and depends > on every other package. Point folks you want to have install > everything to your server and "voila!", you're done. Or you could > provide patches to 'setup.exe' to insert a page with the more > traditional coarse options of "Full", "Minimal", and "Custom" options > (see <http://sourceware.org/cygwin-apps/setup.html>). I'd argue even > with today's world of more broadband connections, defaulting the > install to download upward of a GB worth of packages is still going > to be an issue for most. But I believe that even if that's not true, > having a clearer way to install everything would probably resolve any > current confusion, regardless of the default option set. As for who > you should tell, well, I guess that's this list. If all you want to > do is tell people about your opinion, I think you're done. If you're > interested in doing more than just presenting your opinion, I've > provided you with a few options to consider as well. :-)
I would also add that sometimes disk space is an issue, not only bandwidth. If there is a vote, I'll go with "default = the minimum to get up and running". - Barry - Disclaimer: Statements made herein are not made on behalf of NIAID. -- 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/
