Am 16.12.2017 um 05:00 schrieb Steven Penny: > On Fri, 15 Dec 2017 09:50:44, Vince Rice wrote: >> It's my computer. I don't want setup (or anything else) replacing >> files on it >> it doesn't know about without at least asking whether that's what I >> want it to >> do. Setup's current behavior is exactly what it should be, IMO. If, as >> has >> been mentioned, someone wants to offer an *option* to replace, either >> with or >> without a question, then great. But the default should be to leave >> something >> it doesn't know about alone. > > Thankfully we dont need your opinion on this matter, as we can simply > fall back > to facts, as I will now do. Let us bring some sanity to this thread, > shall we?
Hello Steven Penny, This is exactly the disagreeable tone in most Linux forums that keeps people from switching from Windows to Linux. In almost all the threads I read you here, you get personal. > > Exhibit A > ==================== > Package manager: APT > Reference distro: Lubuntu http://lubuntu.me > Cache: /var/cache/apt > > Exhibit B > ==================== > Package manager: DNF > Reference distro: Fedora http://spins.fedoraproject.org/lxde > Cache: /var/cache/dnf > Option: keepcache=True > > Exhibit C > ===================== > Package manager: ZYpp > Reference distro: Gecko LXQt http://geckolinux.github.io > Cache: /var/cache/zypp > Option: --keep-packages > > In all cases, these package managers remove invalid archives without > warning. > Why should setup.exe be any different? I eagerly await your referenced and > reasoned rebuttal. > If 100 people jump off the bridge, will you jump after them? Who says that automatic deletion without warning is the only true solution? You? I agree with Vince on that. If setup. exe detects that a packet is invalid, it should ask what to do with it instead of deleting it silently. -- 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
