RE: Bug in startxwin.bat after installing with setup.exe in win98SE

["Robert Collins" <robert dot collins at syncretize dot net>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com 
> [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Nicholas Wourms
> Sent: Sunday, 14 July 2002 11:09 AM
> Robert,
> 
> I'll have none of this debian talk.  You know full well that 
> I am working
> very hard to get rpm-4.1 ready for inclusion into the 
> distribution.  At
> that point, Chuck and I will start figuring out ways to 
> interface it with
> setup.  Also, we will be figuring out how to best transition 
> setup to use
> rpms.  The point of this is that all this talk is a long way 
> off.  I'm not
> going to invent a new interface when others already exist.  
> The fact of
> the matter is, that for right now, setup is well suited to perform the
> task at hand, which is to support all of the future X users.  
> Like it or
> not, there is enough of them to warrant a separate mailing list.  Lets
> temporarily let setup do this now and then we'll replace it 
> when something
> better comes along.

Nicholas, no consensus has been reached for using the rpm database as
the backend. If rpm has a similar system to the one I referenced,
substitute rpm for dpkg in my previous comments. I *did not* suggest
that we use dpkg as a backend for this particular thing either - I
pointed out the best practice pattern to address the issue we are
facing. Lets stick to that topic, shall we?

For now, try listening, not taking the conversation off on tangents. I
happen to have put quite a bit of effort into the Cygwin Xfree86 project
in the past, and continue to make various contributions as and when it's
appropriate. I strongly resent your implying that I might dislike the
presence of the cygwin-xfree86 community - which I am a member of!

The simple fact is, I disagree with your proposal, and you have made no
convincing arguments to change my mind. What you are suggesting is not
what 'most' windows installers do, it is not flexible, it is a step
backwards in approach, and a proper solution is not that hard to do!

Rob