Mail Archives: cygwin-apps/2002/03/28/09:09:41
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stanislav Sinyagin [mailto:ssinyagin AT yahoo DOT com]
> Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 12:13 AM
> To: Robert Collins; cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: RE: setup.exe gui testing
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> --- Robert Collins <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au> wrote:
> > It's supposed to let folk - like me - who want to madly change
> > revision levels, be able to do so.
>
> But why do you want this in the graphical setup utility?
Why not? That is, if it can be done without maintenance or user
problems.
> Isn't it better to have a command-line (for cmd.exe, cygwin
> dll-independent) setup utility, with all possible options and tricks?
Sure. In fact see my email to this very list a day or two ago "setup.exe
command line options". Please note though, that this implies that the
gui view only shows a default policy, not all policies - which is how
I'm designing the innards as things change.
> Those who want more control on the setup, would have it then,
> and those who
> simply wants to set up from scratch, or quickly upgrade to the newest
> version, would have a simple and straightforward windows tool...
>
> sorry, maybe I'm too optimistic on that
I think that is a fine goal, but I don't see why that means removing
functionality from the gui.
Rob
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