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Re: more and base
- From: Joshua Daniel Franklin <joshuadfranklin at yahoo dot com>
- To: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 15:24:37 -0800 (PST)
- Subject: Re: more and base
> 1) metapackages: empty packages that merely require 27 others === the
> 'standard' install package, then the 'development' install package, etc
> --> single 'point of control'. To add a new package to the
> 'development' metapackage, you merely update its requirements: line.
> Thus, 'development' = the set of packages and their dependencies as
> listed in the development/setup.hint file.
Since this would work, and (if I understand it correctly) not require any
changes to setup.exe, could we start using it now?
At least temporarily?
It seems this would help the "more and base" controversy.
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