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

[Robert Collins]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Nicholas Wourms
> Sent: Sunday, 14 July 2002 10:29 AM
> Chuck,
> 
> For crying out loud, 95% of the installers out there create 
> shortcuts for
> the user in the startmenu and on the desktop.  Why is this such a bad
> thing for setup.exe to do?  What does external data have to 
> do with the
> price of potatos?  Seriously, I'm proposing a "simple" 
> solution which is
> the norm for most installers.  Where have I gone astray?

Because simple solutions often increase coupling, wheres a more thought
out solution decreases coupling.

Also, I know you are subscribed to cygwin-apps, and I just posted there
just a couple of days ago about wanting to remove the hardcoded stuff
from setup.exe.

Rob