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[Emlyn]

2008/8/28 Samantha  Atkins <sjatkins at mac.com>:
>
> On Aug 25, 2008, at 9:43 PM, Emlyn wrote:
>
>>>>> 2 - Pak System, an general, free automatic update system, with
>>>>> multiple client and server sides. Crucially, it'll have a lot of
>>>>> intelligence about plugin dependencies and related issues, and manage
>>>>> the interactions between versions and dependency trees. It's a hard
>>>>> problem that I'm trying to keep simple as possible :-)
>>>>
>>>> How is this not like APT, yum, portage, etc.? Just wondering if you're
>>>> doing something the wheel hasn't yet.
>>>
>>> Now I will admit my ignorance when it comes to these. I'll go look at
>>> them in depth. I have some very specific ideas about dependency
>>> management, but maybe they already do this. I'll shut up and go look.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> - Bryan
>>
>> Ok, the short answer here is "windows".
>>
>
> The first thing I do on any windows box is install all of cygwin.   When I
> am likely to be trapped on a dark windows box I carry the cygwin install
> tarballs in my kit of bits.  Of course that doesn't help much with pure
> windows packaging.

I haven't pushed cygwin all that far. I have used it extensively for
setting up openssh servers on windows boxes, for secure remote access.
Remote desktop over ssh is brilliant. I've always encountered
suspicion from admins, however; it's not microsoft, so it can't be
secure!

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