X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:09:43 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Request for feature: more flexible setup routine Message-ID: <20100726170943.GB28592@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> <20100726142944 DOT GA28399 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> 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 04:15:19PM +0100, Andy Koppe wrote: >On 26 July 2010 15:29, Christopher Faylor wrote: >> On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 12:52:48PM +0100, Andy Koppe wrote: >> 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. > >Agreed, but of course that'd need substantial design and >implementation work, so realistically it isn't gonna happen. AFAIK, the latter, where a list of what's being updated is shown isn't a substantial redesign. >Okay, detour over. > >Now what about my actual proposal, which was to save the >Keep/Curr/Prev/Exp setting across setup.exe invocations? I think making it sticky would lead to the confusion that I previously mentioned so I'm not in favor of it. However, I don't feel so strongly that I'd actually veto the change if others think it is important. 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