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RE: [Mingw-users] Cygwin Full download in one big archive ?
- From: Richard Campbell <richard dot campbell at air2web dot com>
- To: "'cygwin at cygwin dot com'" <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 09:39:50 -0500
- Subject: RE: [Mingw-users] Cygwin Full download in one big archive ?
>Impractical. As I said, almost 100% of people won't want 100% of packages.
It might be interesting to poll in some way, considering how often this
comes up. I suspect more than "almost 0%" might want a 1-button,
overnight-style install.
>Frankly, this odd method only makes the slightest sense in your unusual
>situation (downloads constricted by number of files not file size).
I have every package selected, and as new packages appear I install
them.
>tetex ? (Document processing system)
>lilypond ? (Sheet music production)
>
>Both multi-megabyte packages for very specialized requirements.
Got them both. Haven't used either yet, but if I want to they are
installed and up to date.
-Richard Campbell.
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