From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 3403 invoked by alias); 25 Jul 2011 12:24:15 -0000 Received: (qmail 3313 invoked by uid 22791); 25 Jul 2011 12:23:54 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from aquarius.hirmke.de (HELO calimero.vinschen.de) (217.91.18.234) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.83/v0.83-20-g38e4449) with ESMTP; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:23:39 +0000 Received: by calimero.vinschen.de (Postfix, from userid 500) id 393E32CB274; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:23:37 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:24:00 -0000 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Subject: Re: SETUP: default to mintty Message-ID: <20110725122337.GO29727@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com References: <20110725091106.GN29727@calimero.vinschen.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-apps-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Sender: cygwin-apps-owner@cygwin.com List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2011-07/txt/msg00112.txt.bz2 On Jul 25 12:49, Andy Koppe wrote: > On 25 July 2011 10:11, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > [This time *with* patch...] > > > > Hi guys, > > > > we discussed this back in May already, but somehow we didn't get a > > final result.  The thread was kind of confusing, so I re-open a new > > one now. > > > > We talked about using mintty as our default shell.  I created a setup > > patch which I attached to this mail again.  Instead of "Cygwin Bash > > Shell" in the start menu and "Cygwin" on the desktop, it creates > > "Cygwin Terminal" shortcuts in both of them. > > > > Is that ok? > > If I remember correctly, we were going to go with just "Cygwin" on the > desktop. I'll have a proper look later. > > > Apart from that, why is mintty still not in the "Base" category? > > Just laziness on our side? > > I kept on putting it off because there was always that one more bug to > fix. No excuses now that I've bumped it to 1.0. > > > Some really important reason? > > My one remaining concern is the postinstall script, which would create > the "Cygwin/mintty" start menu entry for every Cygwin user, whether > they want it or not. Deleting it wouldn't help either, as it would > come back at the next mintty update. Not a big problem, IMHO. Just as soon as we change setup, the postinstall script should go away, I guess. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat