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setup.exe filename
- From: Bill Priest <bpriest at verizon dot net>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2005 10:41:14 -0500
- Subject: setup.exe filename
- References: <1122420393.4675.ezmlm@cygwin.com>
>>cygwin.exe or cygwinsetup.exe would both be better names.
>
>If the name of 'setup.exe' was going to change, it would certainly
>need to convey to the user that it is an installation program, so your
>second suggestion might be better. Still, it is common practice to name
>setup programs 'setup' for Windows so making any change is likely to cause
>more confusion than there is now (and based on the list feedback, there
>seems to be very little confusion on this point right now).
I typically save cygwin's setup.exe to my Desktop as I update cygwin quite
often; however, I've found that this interferes with some other (admittedly buggy
and lame install programs). It isn't a big deal to rename setup.exe to
cygwin_setup.exe (or your favorite) or to do save link as.
My 2 cents,
Bill
PS. I was on vacation for 10 days; sorry for the late reply.
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