[PATCH] setup.exe

Christopher Faylor cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please@cygwin.com
Sat Jan 19 21:20:00 GMT 2013


On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 09:47:31PM +0100, Achim Gratz wrote:
>Christopher Faylor writes:
>>I'm really not too keen on adding hacks to setup so that people can use
>>it for other than its intended purpose.
>
>If there is another method to do an unattended Cygwin install, I'm all
>ears.  I have briefly pondered to script a standalone installer, but it
>requires too much infrastructure and I don't see much value in trying
>to re-do what setup.exe already does.  The question of doing unattended
>installs comes up often enough that official support would be nice,
>IMHO.

I was referring to your change which handled versioned setup.ini's.
That is not a requirement for an unattended Cygwin install.

>>The code is already a complicated obtuse mishmash and adding more stuff
>>which would be used by only one person doesn't seem like a good idea.
>
>A self-fulfilling prophecy: nobody is doing it because nobody is doing
>it.  I'll have to add on whatever I need, if it's useless to you then
>just don't use it.

If there was a general hue and cry for the feature that you want to add,
I'd consider adding it.  AFAIK, there isn't.  If we did add it we would
be obligated to support it so, if there is a need for this type of
feature, I'd like to see a lot more discussion about why it's necessary
and the best way to implement it.

cgf



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