Mail Archives: cygwin/2006/08/06/16:46:02
On Sun, 6 Aug 2006, Eric Blake wrote:
> > A display bug was introduced about a year ago in the "Select Packages"
> > screen of Cygwin's installer. The text's background color is manually
> > set to white but the text's color relies upon the system's settings
> > for "Window Text."
>
> This bug was also reported about a year ago, and fixed about a year
> ago. See http://cygwin.com/setup/snapshots/ for a snapshot with
> the fix incorporated, and then join the crusade to get the snapshot
> tested to the point that it can be released as the next stable version
> of setup.exe.
This would be a good sentiment if the setup snapshots on that page were
recent enough to warrant testing. However, before we can start the above
crusade, we have to embark on a crusade for getting a more recent setup
snapshot out. Max or Brian, would it be possible to produce one and post
it to setup/snapshots? It's been overdue for a while (2.529 is 5 months
old).
Igor
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