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From: Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 10:45:57 -0400
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Subject: Re: sample setup "version chooser"
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In-Reply-To: <200007271434.KAA23364@envy.delorie.com>; from dj@delorie.com on Thu, Jul 27, 2000 at 10:34:02AM -0400

On Thu, Jul 27, 2000 at 10:34:02AM -0400, DJ Delorie wrote:
>
>> >Ok.  I think that setup should still warn if the user tries to not
>> >install something that we have deemed to be part of the complete
>> >package, though.
>> 
>> That doesn't mean that the stuff is "mandatory".  I just wanted to
>> give someone pause if they decided not to download those packages.
>
>How about just a tag on the chooser that says if the package is
>recommended or not?  So far, we'd have the following tags for
>installability:
>
>action: require
>	recommend
>	install
>	skip

Yes!  I like that.

The only 'require' would be cygwin, right?

cgf

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