Mail Archives: cygwin/2005/07/26/07:51:34
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>From: Larry Hall
>Sent: 26 July 2005 02:44
> At 04:20 PM 7/25/2005, you wrote:
>> - Tree view for package selection, including toggling between
>> "Default", "Install", "Reinstall" and "Unistall" and the "Bin?" label
>> above the column of checkboxes for binary packages.
>
>
> Traditionally, development of 'setup.exe' moves pretty slowly, or in
> bursts at best. Obviously, this could change at any time but if you're a
> betting man, you may want to lay your money down on a relative status-quo
> here. That said, there has been much more development going on in the
> last 6 months than the previous 6 (or even year) and much talk about the
> package selection control. So of all the things you've listed, I think
> this control is the one thing that is less likely to be stable than all
> the others. It's hard to say whether it would retain exactly the same
> UI, even if the internals were changed. My guess is that the UI would
> change at least some, since usability is one of the major concerns about
> this control. I would expect that there will always be some kind of tree
> control here but the options for binary and source packages has been some
> cause for confusion and, as a result, may change. Even the widget for
> cycling between the options you listed (and others) may be replaced. And
> there is the occasional "radical" suggestion that the current program be
> junked
> and replaced with a completely new variant, which obviously may bear
> little resemblance to the current one. But I wouldn't expect any major
> changes between now and the end of the year. Beyond that is less clear
> both in scope and timing.
I do intend if I _ever_ get enough round tuits to replace the whole thing
with real win32 list/treeview displays with multi-selection and right-click
context menus.
cheers,
DaveK
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