Andy Ross writes:
>
> Michael Basler wrote:
> > One ugly solution might be to provide just the rsync.exe, but I don't
> > know if this works (it would require the cygwin dll, at least). Plus
> > this might cause licensing troubles.
> 
> Why not?  I can't speak to whether it works with (only) the cygwin
> DLL, but there's nothing wrong IMHO with shipping required binaries in
> a binary distribution.  Does the windows binary currently ship a
> metakit DLL, or link it statically?  This isn't much different.
> Again, rsync is a very small program.

I don't think we want to ship the cygwin dll as multiple copies / versions 
of this dll installed on the same machine is a major PITA.  Never mind 
the Cygwin licensing that requires us to keep the source for the DLLs we 
ship available on our servers for 3 years.

If a windows user wants rsync functionality they can install it from the 
Cygwin distribution channels easily enough.

If someone was to volunteer to handle all the help-desk inquiries as to why 
Cygwin programs aren't working I could be persuaded otherwise :-)

Cheers

Norman

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