Mail Archives: cygwin/2001/11/02/01:38:48
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On 2 Nov 2001 at 16:12, the Illustrious Robert Collins wrote:
> Ok, we're down to the little stuff. (after yet another upload).
>
> remaining TODO's:
> Src tickbox / source only can be confusing.
> Set the screen size for 640x480 users
>
> recently completed TODO's:
> * installed packages aren't automatically upgraded.
> * Dependencies should not trigger alterations to user actions for
> installed packages that have any action other than uninstall.
> * Wide descriptions can get truncated - ie SSMTP
> * SKIP and KEEP sometimes appearing for the same package.
>
> keep the feedback coming please, this is great.
>
> Can the testers please retry now?
>
> please, pay special attention to the remaining TODO's: would it confuse
> you the way the source action /src tickbox interact?
It does. Even so, I can live with it. Most end-users (naive newbies) are likely not going to
care too much about what Src? column actually is.
>
> If the confusion is bearable, I'd really like to call this version 'it'
> once I set the window size to a 640x480 usable template..
Sounds good.
>
> The long term goal for source downloads is to let them be selected
> separately from the binaries, either as separate source packages, or as
> a completely independent spin control where the current src box it.
I like that latter approach.
>
> The reason that there is a 'source only' in the New column is to handle
> the case where a user doesn't have the package installed, and doesn't
> want the binary installed - how do they indicate that they want just the
> source. "Skip + src=ticked" doesn't really make sense.
Does "Keep" care whether binary has been installed or not? If not, then "Keep+src=ticked"
would handle this nicely.
Paul G.
>
> Rob
>
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