From: "Robert Collins" <robert.collins@itdomain.com.au>
To: "Max Bowsher" <maxb@ukf.net>, <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Subject: Re: setup 2.194.2.24: Bug (?) in downloading from internet
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 04:24:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <006c01c1ef69$a4bd52c0$0200a8c0@lifelesswks> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <00a901c1ef61$35f85d60$42a18c09@wdg.uk.ibm.com>
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb@ukf.net>
To: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
> But setup.exe has operated in the correct way in the past! Why write a
new tool,
> when fixing a bug in the current one would do all that needs to be
done?
Because the current tool is more complex than it should be, and a new
tool can be accurately target. The current tool can then be simplified
somewhat (i.e. download only could go away if we had a (non cygwin
linked) mirroring tool. Or a variation of this.
> NB: I'm
> not saying 'go fix that now'. When (if? ;-) I find time to understand
the setup
> code, I will do this, if no one has beaten me to it.
Thanks.
Rob
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-04-29 10:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-04-28 4:47 Robert Collins
2002-04-28 8:08 ` Sam Edge
2002-04-28 15:04 ` Gary R. Van Sickle
2002-04-28 15:09 ` Sam Edge
2002-04-28 15:30 ` Charles Wilson
2002-04-28 16:05 ` Christopher Faylor
2002-04-28 16:09 ` Sam Edge
2002-04-28 19:08 ` Michael A Chase
2002-04-29 0:06 ` Christopher Faylor
2002-04-29 0:57 ` Cliff Hones
2002-04-29 4:58 ` Robert Collins
2002-04-28 16:05 ` Sam Edge
2002-04-29 13:01 ` Using a real mirroring tool Charles Wilson
2002-04-29 17:17 ` Charles Wilson
2002-04-29 17:21 ` Charles Wilson
2002-04-29 17:46 ` Charles Wilson
2002-04-30 6:20 ` Sam Edge
2002-04-30 10:09 ` Volker Quetschke
2002-04-30 13:43 ` Volker Quetschke
2002-04-30 14:00 ` Michael A Chase
2002-04-29 4:07 ` setup 2.194.2.24: Bug (?) in downloading from internet Max Bowsher
2002-04-29 4:24 ` Robert Collins [this message]
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2002-04-29 2:35 Robert Collins
2002-04-29 2:26 Robert Collins
2002-04-29 5:42 ` Sam Edge
2002-04-29 5:49 ` Robert Collins
2002-04-29 7:46 ` Sam Edge
2002-04-30 1:58 ` Gary R. Van Sickle
2002-04-29 8:27 ` Christopher Faylor
2002-04-28 22:34 Alec Mihailovs
2002-04-28 23:51 ` Charles Wilson
2002-04-28 10:15 Robert Collins
2002-04-28 8:14 Robert Collins
2002-04-28 9:56 ` Kurt Roeckx
2002-04-28 3:17 Daniele Mezzetti
2002-04-28 4:31 ` Sam Edge
2002-04-26 8:34 Robert Collins
2002-04-26 7:10 Robert Collins
2002-04-26 7:57 ` Alexei Lioubimov
2002-04-25 8:55 Alexei Lioubimov
2002-04-25 11:00 ` Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)
2002-04-26 7:03 ` Alexei Lioubimov
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