Re: Proposal for changes to behavior in package list

2010-04-19 Thread Robert Pendell
On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 9:39 PM, Dave Korn wrote: > On 19/04/2010 19:31, Robert Pendell wrote: > >> 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 use

Re: Proposal for changes to behavior in package list

2010-04-19 Thread Dave Korn
On 19/04/2010 19:31, Robert Pendell wrote: > 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 pa

Re: Proposal for changes to behavior in package list

2010-04-19 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 04:58:18PM -0400, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >...There's certainly been discussion about doing just that. And, therein lies the problem with all of these well-meaning suggestions about fixing setup.exe. No matter how much I gesticulate I don't seem to be able to get two po

Re: Proposal for changes to behavior in package list

2010-04-19 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
On 4/19/2010 2:31 PM, Robert Pendell wrote: 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 dependenci

Proposal for changes to behavior in package list

2010-04-19 Thread Robert Pendell
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