On 26 July 2010 18:09, Christopher Faylor 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.
Can you elaborate? Do you mean adding a new screen before the package selection screen? >>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. Fair enough. > However, I don't feel so strongly that I'd actually veto the change > if others think it is important. The silence is deafening. I better give that a miss then. Andy -- 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
