Welcoming Brian Dessent as setup maintainer

Max Bowsher maxb@ukf.net
Fri May 6 00:43:00 GMT 2005


Brian Dessent wrote:
> Max Bowsher wrote:
>> To avoid confusion, it might be better to name the executable something
>> that hints at it not being compiled from purely committed code.
>>
>> Perhaps setup-2.490M.exe (M for modified), or setup-2.490+.exe.
>
> http://cygwin.com/setup-snapshots/setup-2.494-alpha.exe
>
> That should connotate the level of bugginess to expect, no?  :)

It is not so much the level of bugginess - "snapshots" should communicate 
that just fine.

Rather, it is the fact that that binary isn't "2.494", it is "2.494 plus 
modifications".

Max.



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