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Re: gEDA-user: Installer Possibly Missing from ISO?
On Saturday 26 March 2005 07:38, Stuart Brorson wrote:
> Well, I demur. (Or do I misunderstand your statement?) There is a
> non-zero probability that the CD will do the right thing on Cygwin [1]
> because Cygwin does its best to provide a unix-like interface to
> whatever program is running it. Therefore, the installer should be
> happy.
I don't have a lot experience with cygwin. My only experience with it
was to install GIMP on a windows machine for my step daughter. That
installation was smooth.
> That being said, my experience with the Real World (TM) is that
> any product which you don't thoroughly test using the customer's
> specific configuration will fail when he first powers it up. [2]
> Since I didn't test the CD on a Cygwin system, experience says that
> the installer will fail.
Probably. I never expected anyone to try to use it to install
the suite on a windows machine. This just goes to show that Stuart's
installation CD attracts new users, which is a good thing.
Regards
Marvin