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From: Charles Wilson <cwilson@ece.gatech.edu>
To: Mark Jones <mark_umr@excite.com>
Cc: Stephano Mariani <sk.cygml@btinternet.com>, cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: New Install May Have a Bug
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 13:27:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3C04056E.9040401@ece.gatech.edu> (raw)
Message-ID: <20011127132700.Nr7W-c8E3yqjryyAXIzfO2ZPHzX_XgcfZcxgsK2fHs8@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <26149776.1006893828617.JavaMail.imail@blizzard.excite.com>

Mark Jones wrote:


> First, thanks for the reply.
> 
> I understand the reasoning behind the choice, but I would suggest adding a
> little more to the standard of minimum.  Users of any UNIX like system
> expect more/less to be present.  I think it will turn people off, and Linux
> users that install it will figure the install failed to work properly (like
> my friend and I did) or will think Cygwin just doesn't have less or more
> ported over to it and assume that Cygwin is not mature yet.
> 
> That is my thoughts on the matter.


That's probably not a bad idea.  Robert (Chris? Who maintains less?), 
should 'less' be added to the Base package?


> As I side note, I would have something other than TWM be the default WM for
> X, anything other than TWM, such as IceWM, FVWM, lesstif's MWM, etc.


That is off-topic for this list.  All X related questions should go to 
cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com

--Chuck




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  parent reply	other threads:[~2001-11-27 13:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-11-17  9:29 Mark Jones
2001-11-17  9:33 ` WM Collin Grady
2001-11-17  9:46   ` WM Christopher Faylor
2001-11-27 12:57     ` WM Christopher Faylor
2001-11-27 12:51   ` WM Collin Grady
2001-11-17 10:51 ` Charles Wilson [this message]
2001-11-17 13:44   ` New Install May Have a Bug Robert Collins
2001-11-17 15:52     ` Charles Wilson
2001-11-27 14:52       ` Charles Wilson
2001-11-27 14:26     ` Robert Collins
2001-11-27 13:27   ` Charles Wilson
2001-11-27 12:43 ` Mark Jones
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-11-17 13:48 Heribert Dahms
2001-11-17 14:54 ` Robert Collins
2001-11-17 15:47   ` Charles Wilson
2001-11-17 17:33     ` Robert Collins
2001-11-27 14:56       ` Robert Collins
2001-11-27 14:51     ` Charles Wilson
2001-11-27 14:42   ` Robert Collins
2001-11-27 14:36 ` Heribert Dahms
2001-11-17 12:30 Gary R Van Sickle
2001-11-27 13:56 ` Gary R Van Sickle
2001-11-16 16:30 Mark Jones
2001-11-16 17:47 ` Charles Wilson
2001-11-16 21:09   ` Stephano Mariani
2001-11-16 22:53     ` Charles Wilson
2001-11-17  1:43       ` Stephano Mariani
2001-11-27 11:38         ` Stephano Mariani
2001-11-27 10:59       ` Charles Wilson
2001-11-17 17:37     ` Zdzislaw Sliwinski
2001-11-27 15:00       ` Zdzislaw Sliwinski
2001-11-27 10:45     ` Stephano Mariani
2001-11-27 10:33   ` Charles Wilson
2001-11-16 17:49 ` Roland Glenn McIntosh
2001-11-16 21:18   ` Charles Wilson
2001-11-27 10:56     ` Charles Wilson
2001-11-27 10:38   ` Roland Glenn McIntosh
2001-11-27 10:28 ` Mark Jones

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