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List:       cygwin-apps
Subject:    RE: Ok.  I give.  We need a way to install snapshots via setup.exe.
From:       "Gary R. Van Sickle" <g.r.vansickle () worldnet ! att ! net>
Date:       2005-05-31 3:19:30
Message-ID: 200505310319.j4V3Jfqm027235 () mailer ! progressive-comp ! com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-apps-owner@cygwin.com 
> [mailto:cygwin-apps-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Faylor
> Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2005 3:41 PM
> To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com
> Subject: Ok. I give. We need a way to install snapshots via setup.exe.
> 
> I guess I give.  I have always thought that snapshots should 
> only be installable by people who had enough of a clue to 
> figure out how to use
> bunzip2 and copy but the standard run of "The latest version 
> of cygwin doesn't work" complaints have convinced me that we 
> need a better way to get people to install and test snapshots.
> 
> I was thinking of always making the latest snapshot available 
> as a "test"
> version of cygwin.  Would that be too dangerous or do we need 
> another method for doing this?
> 
> cgf

I have a non-setup, single-click method of installing snapshots that I've
used for quite a while, if that's of any interest.

-- 
Gary R. Van Sickle
 

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