Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com X-Originating-IP: [210.50.202.139] From: "Jeremy Beard" To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: setup program problem Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 11:49:50 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 23 Apr 2002 11:49:51.0032 (UTC) FILETIME=[F9E43B80:01C1EABC] this is not essentially a bug as such, but an interface issue that i feel is pretty important. when selecting which packages in the setup program you wish to download/install, there is no reference made to how large the packages are in terms of file size. this makes it a big inconvenience to those like myself on modem connections where d/l'ing some packages could take a few hours. in fact, even when downloading commences there is a mere progress bar indicating how far through the total size of the packages is complete, rather than the total download size or even the total download time remaining. this would be really really useful if it could be implemented, thanks :) _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/