Glenn, On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 11:04:01AM -0600, Glenn Murray wrote: > Thanks again for the reply.
No problem. However, this thread is getting off-topic (and cross-posted) so we should end it very soon or take it off-list, if necessary. > I think that command line support in setup.exe is a great idea. I > noticed when browsing through the source code that there were comments > about it. With command line support many, if not all of the dialogs > could be skipped, and it might make it possible to install Cygwin as > part of other applications when no/slow internet connections are > present. This would be ideal. Agreed. > I'd like to contribute, too, but there are issues: > [snip] > I don't think I'm the right guy for the job, ... > [snip] OK. > I don't believe there is a single Java app in Cygwin, is there? You are correct. Note that I didn't realize that your app was a Java app. If so, then I would not have made the suggestion to contribute it. > Nor do there seem to be large packages for specialized audiences like > ours. I'm not sure that Cygwin ever intends to have such packages. Actually, there some specialized ones but maybe not quite as specialized as yours. :,) > On the other hand, if the Cygwin install process could be streamlined, > its tools could be used by application developers and piggy-backed on > their installations, Agreed, but... > and a lot more bona fide Cygwin distributions would be installed. > (Just musing out loud, here.) Actually, there are many Cygwin installations already. Jason -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
