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Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2001 10:37:43 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
To: cygwin-developers AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Looking into setup problems
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In-Reply-To: <006101c106ee$a77db0e0$6464648a@ca.boeing.com>; from mchase@ix.netcom.com on Sat, Jul 07, 2001 at 07:07:27AM -0700

On Sat, Jul 07, 2001 at 07:07:27AM -0700, Michael A. Chase wrote:
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Christopher Faylor" <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
>To: <cygwin-developers AT cygwin DOT com>
>Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 21:48
>Subject: Re: Looking into setup problems
>
>
>> On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 11:58:46PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>
>> >I hate to say this, but I have become somewhat disenchanted with this
>> >prev/curr/test stuff.
>>
>> I've taken a stab at fixing the current behavior, despite my
>> disenchantment.
>>
>> If you select "test" then the test version of sources will be
>> downloaded/ installed, etc.
>
>Once we have Categories working, you could change the Prev, Curr, Test radio
>buttons to plain buttons which set the state of all visible packages.
>"Skip", "Source", and "Source Only" buttons would be handy then too.  As
>wide as the package select dialog box is getting, we will have lots of room
>for buttons.

But why not use the current method that we have for packages?  Use the
same multiple select method that DJ used for packages to set the defaults.

I don't know what this method is named.  It's not a radio button, it is
a... ?

cgf