Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Message-ID: <006b01bfed31$0dc13710$0100000a@TIMYX18EWDT6RQ> From: "Tim Prince" To: "DJ Delorie" , Cc: References: <200007132249 DOT SAA27631 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com> <000e01bfed29$d811f200$a8a11dcb AT ihug DOT co DOT nz> <200007140056 DOT UAA28538 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com> Subject: Re: new GUI setup program! Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 18:15:46 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.5600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.5600 Well, I didn't want to try it, but my g++ turned out broken, so I'm exercising it over plain dial-up. It's into gdb now, still cruising at 5 kb/s. Tim Prince ----- Original Message ----- From: "DJ Delorie" To: Cc: Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 5:56 PM Subject: Re: new GUI setup program! > > > You mean it crashes at the drop of a hat, ... ? > > OK, just the *good* things windows users have come to expect. > > > The options on the "Select root directory" dialogue could probably do > > with some explanation. > > Yup. I'll have to either enlarge the dialog box, or add a help > button. > > > I checked "Use IE5 settings" because I didn't have any choice (why > > is it even an option when there's no alternative? > > If you read the README in the sources, you'll see that the other > options are "to-do" items. > > > and what if I didn't have IE5?), > > Then setup wouldn't even run. Same as the old setup. When we > complete that to-do item, you could choose a direct connection, which > doesn't require installing IE5 but also doesn't use the automatic > proxy stuff that IE5 provides. > > > and left the user ID and password boxes blank because I had no idea > > what to put in them, and it seemed to work. > > If you use a proxy that requires authentication, you'd put that there. > It's optional. People who need it usually know that they need it. > > > The "Select download site" dialogue is too small (and needs a > > horizontal scroll bar). > > OK, I guess I'll grow that one too. > > > Also, it might make finding the one you want a bit easier if they > > were sorted. > > I'll add it to the to-do list. > > > You should probably preselect a default (probably > > ftp.freesoftware.com) for people who aren't familiar with the > > mirrors. > > The appropriate default depends on where the user is, so we can't > really know which one to pick. > > > (I notice Sourceware's own site is no longer included -- is this a > > deliberate change in policy or just an oversight?) > > It's an aspect of how the mirror list on the web site works. I added > it to the master list so it should start showing up. > > > You might want to consider a "total download progress" indicator, > > like the one in the install phase. > > I'll add it to the to-do list. > > Note that adding things to the to-do list doesn't mean they'll get > done. It just means that when people are interested in working on > setup, they'll know what kinds of things people have asked for. > > -- > Want to unsubscribe from this list? > Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com > -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com