This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------ extPart_000_0087_01C01C21.84F01940 Content-Type: text/plain; charset so-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I've followed this thread with interest. Here are some comments: 1. I do think that cygwin1.dll should be packaged with the Ruby installation. It was a significant pain for me to find it on the web. In the end, I had to use the site's search engine, because I couldn't find it by navigating. 2. However, I think there are licensing issues -- if I remember right, the source has to be included along with the DLL. A nuisance from our perspective, and increasing the code bloat. 3. It seems that some people want multiple kinds of installation, and some want only one. Another possibility is a compromise -- let the archive contain "everything" (with "everything" to be defined later), but let the stuff be selectable at installation time in true Windows fashion. The disadvantage is the size of the archive; the advantage is that there is a single install, not multiple ones, and there is the flexibility of not installing things you don't want. 4. Another idea: At the risk of complicating things too much, have a "bootstrappable" install that can do an update over the net. Did someone mention this already? 5. Finally, I'm not bashing Windows -- not today, anyway -- but let's provide a similar level of functionality for Linux and others. Hal Fulton ------ extPart_000_0087_01C01C21.84F01940 Content-Type: text/html; charset so-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2722.2800" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>I've followed this thread with interest. Here are some comments:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>1. I do think that cygwin1.dll should be packaged with the Ruby</DIV> <DIV>installation. It was a significant pain for me to find it on the web.</DIV> <DIV>In the end, I had to use the site's search engine, because I </DIV> <DIV>couldn't find it by navigating.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>2. However, I think there are licensing issues -- if I remember </DIV> <DIV>right, the source has to be included along with the DLL. A nuisance</DIV> <DIV>from our perspective, and increasing the code bloat.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>3. It seems that some people want multiple kinds of installation, and </DIV> <DIV>some want only one. Another possibility is a compromise -- let the </DIV> <DIV>archive contain "everything" (with "everything" to be defined later),</DIV> <DIV>but let the stuff be selectable at installation time in true Windows</DIV> <DIV>fashion. The disadvantage is the size of the archive; the advantage </DIV> <DIV>is that there is a single install, not multiple ones, and there is the</DIV> <DIV>flexibility of not installing things you don't want.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>4. Another idea: At the risk of complicating things too much, have a</DIV> <DIV>"bootstrappable" install that can do an update over the net. Did someone</DIV> <DIV>mention this already?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>5. Finally, I'm not bashing Windows -- not today, anyway -- but let's provide </DIV> <DIV>a similar level of functionality for Linux and others.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Hal Fulton</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------ extPart_000_0087_01C01C21.84F01940--