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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 09:21:20 -0700
From: Jim Kleckner <jek-cygwin1 AT kleckner DOT net>
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To: Matthew England <mengland AT mengland DOT net>
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Subject: Re: Why is setup.exe so difficult?  Am I missing something?
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Matt England wrote:

  > I find cygwin's setup.exe extremely difficult to understand, and over
> the years I've used it, I have found it somewhat buggy (unless the 
> "bugs" I find are really just "features" that I don't understand).
> 
> The biggest question: why do myself and everyone else in my software 
> development group that I manage (as well as everyone else with whom I've 
> spoken over the years regarding cygwin) find cygwin's setup.exe so 
> perplexing?

One confusing thing that could be improved is to clearly label the
radio buttons as "Default Action:" and to change "Curr" to be something
like "Update" or "Latest".  The very non-standard way that these
buttons interact with the list is confusing and every little bit of
help will help.  A more standard way would be a selection-action
interface.



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