RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Server Test 22

["Robert Collins" <robert dot collins at itdomain dot com dot au>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Hourihane [mailto:alanh@fairlite.demon.co.uk]
> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 10:13 AM
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Server Test 22
> 
> 
> On Thu, May 03, 2001 at 05:55:19PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> > On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 07:40:21AM +1000, Robert Collins wrote:
> > >Just a lemma: end users are advised to use setup.exe to 
> install cygwin. 
> > >
> > >They do __not__ see contrib vs latest. 
> > 
> > Right.  Good point!  This whole contrib argument is really 
> a non-issue
> > in this light.
> > 
> What's the point in having contrib then if it doesn't mean anything ?

It used to. It still can via flags in the setup.hint file.. but I don't
believe there is a visual warning to anything.
 
> Not everyone will use setup.exe.

They have no other option. untarring doesn't create the registry entries
and run the install scripts. winzip doesn't create symlinks.
 
> 
> In light of cygipc too, which is really in contrib land, I suggest we
> put it back. Especially being that the next XFree86 release 
> is due very soon and
> many more users will probably download the new Cygwin/XFree86. We have
> a chance to correct the zlib situation.
> 
> It's a one off thing. Let's get it right now and suffer a few 
> emails (and
> put it in the FAQ), that people need to get the zlib from 
> contrib to use
> Cygwin/XFree86. We probably stand to get more questions on 
> which cygz.dll or
> libz.dll they should be using otherwise.
> 
> Are we expecting to build the next full release with cygipc ? 
> If so, then
> that should be made aware in the FAQ too.

I wouldn't! IMO it would be better to hold off until ipc is part of
cygwin core. (I.e. threads could have been done way back via the
win32-pthread project but fork() would have been an issue. (And may be
with cygipc for all I know).

Rob
 
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