Parallel downloading of Cygwin packages

[Chris Cormie]

Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 02:25:03PM +1100, Chris Cormie wrote:
>>> There are barriers to implementing rpm in Cygwin, the most frequently
>>> mentioned being the fact that a cygwin process can't easily replace
>>> cygwin1.dll or any other running executables.
>> If the in-Cygwin package manager can't update core Cygwin, that's not a 
>> deal breaker IMO: there is a fair bit of useful app package management 
>> that can be done without changing the core.
> 
> Maybe it's not clear but your personal needs are not really the issue
> here.

Huh? Why would you think that? I have my own solution for this issue. 
Personal needs never entered into it.

Regards,
Chris.


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