X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:29:45 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Request for feature: more flexible setup routine Message-ID: <20100726142944.GA28399@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <30EAF1C130A74F97AC4C82B42ED55DAE AT hometoshiba> <20100725025446 DOT GA17000 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <1179889566 DOT 20100726133244 AT mtu-net DOT ru> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 12:52:48PM +0100, Andy Koppe wrote: >#On 26 July 2010 10:32, Andrey Repin wrote: >> Greetings, Andy Koppe! >>> This makes me wonder whether Keep shouldn't be the default, on the >>> principle that programs shouldn't do anything unless the user asks for >>> it. >> >> Strange principle. > >It's the "Principle of Least Surprise". You can't argue that point if it would obviously surprise Andrey. It would surprise me too given that it would be a profound departure from previous behavior regardless of whether previous behavior was "right" or "wrong". And, just imagine the mailing list confusion: "Did you update to the latest version of the bushwa package?" "Yes! I ran setup.exe seven times so it must be updated! Stop being so brusque and unhelpful!" If we wanted to do something like this I think it would have to be a separate dialog where the user makes a decision about what they want. Either that or a list of packages to update would always be presented so that people wouldn't be surprised. cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple