I have a proposal to the package list. First the issue at hand. Packages that have additional dependencies add those dependencies without notifying the user indicating such. This also makes it difficult to remove packages which have cycling dependencies such as the X11 package set. In the event of a removal the package selection has you click through package options in the order of Keep, Reinstall, Source, then Uninstall.
The first suggestion would potentially affect all package entries but is equally useful for the issue however the latter option would only affect currently installed packages. They both could be potentially implemented as they could be equally useful. First suggestion: Implement a prompt when a selected package has caused other packages to be marked as well. This dialog would include the newly marked packages with a Yes/No prompt if the user wants them marked. A warning could note that the packages may be required for the currently selected package to function. The user could pick no and continue clicking away in the event they are going to uninstall it anyways which is a couple more clicks away. Second suggestion: Change the order of package options to Keep, Uninstall, Reinstall, Source. This loop should prevent packages from being re-selected during intended uninstall actions such as may happen with the X11 packages. I would of gladly made the changes myself but I don't have any real programming experience. I only dabble in shell scripting. Robert Pendell shi...@elite-systems.org CAcert Assurer "A perfect world is one of chaos." -- 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
