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Christopher Faylor wrote:
I'd like the installer to use a more intuitive UI, be more capable of running from the command line, and be able to handle RPMs.http://code.google.com/p/cyg-apt/ (Command line installer project.)
Doesn't handle RPMs, only Cygwin packages. Does have a apt-get style interface. I'm thinking RPM support is a bit beside the point? A binary RPM from a different distro won't work, packages usually need porting to Cygwin -- that's all part of the Cygwin package system.
Chris Cormie, meet Christopher Faylor - Master of the understated ironic wisecrack.
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