X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <469C1A7E.6060201@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 09:25:18 +0800 From: Carlo Florendo User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (Windows/20070509) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: hacked package on server References: <12471618.1184601552985.JavaMail.root@elwamui-lapwing.atl.sa.earthlink.net> <183c528b0707161244s83639c9j8ddfb09da2948f29@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <183c528b0707161244s83639c9j8ddfb09da2948f29@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Brian Mathis wrote: > In this case, a user running an installer is in the frame of mind of > *installing* things, not *skipping* things. Perhaps this is in your case, certainly not everyone in this mailing list. So when they are asked a > question, they should be asked questions about *installing*, not > *skipping*, and the answers should be taken in that context. "Yes" > should do the install, while "No" should not. Switching the context > to "skipping" causes the type of confusion that is going on here. The OP said: > "Do you want to skip the package?" and has a yes and no button. > I read it quickly and pressed no before thinking about it" ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ So you see, it's a problem of thought. The UI message *is* very clear. One simply needs to think before acting. Thank you very much. Best Regards, Carlo -- Carlo Florendo Softare Engineer/Network Co-Administrator Astra Philippines Inc. UP-Ayala Technopark, Diliman 1101, Quezon City Philippines http://www.astra.ph -- The Astra Group of Companies 5-3-11 Sekido, Tama City Tokyo 206-0011, Japan http://www.astra.co.jp -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/