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Date: Sun, 26 May 2002 08:01:54 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: RE: Setup as recommended reading
From: "Brian Gallew" <geek AT burri DOT to>
To: <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
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Robert Collins said:
> There is an implicit conflict there with setup, because setup
> doesn't know what was available before - it only knows version for
> what is installed. That will change in the future.

How about this:  Allow packages to be marked "never install"?  Then
setup can display all of the udpated or new packages, yet give the
user an easy way to control what (s)he has to look at?


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