Re: Is the Cygwin installation process likely to change significantly anytime soon?

Christopher Faylor wrote: Jonathan Turkanis wrote: --- I'm explaining the Cygwin installation process in detail because it's a bit confusing. The process may have changed by the time you read this, but if it has, it will probably have been m

Re: Is the Cygwin installation process likely to change significantly anytime soon?

Jonathan Turkanis wrote: > ... Therefore I'd like to know if there are plans to change the installation process in the near future. For example, it would be very helpful to know how stable the following features of the current installation process are: Thanks for all the respons

Re: Is the Cygwin installation process likely to change significantly anytime soon?

Larry Hall wrote: At 04:20 PM 7/25/2005, you wrote: I actually have no say on when any of this could change but given the history and recent conversations on some of these topics, I think I can help you develop a better sense of what could happen here. Traditionally, development of 'setup

Is the Cygwin installation process likely to change significantly anytime soon?

and the "Bin?" label above the column of checkboxes for binary packages. As a fallback I can always say "to install Cygwin, go to cygwin.com and follow the instructions" -- but I'd rather give more substantive advice if possible. Your help would be greatly appreciat