On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 06:45:41PM +0100, Andy Koppe wrote:
>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 t
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 b
Greetings, Andy Koppe!
>>> This makes me wonder whether Keep shouldn't be the default, on the
>>> principle that programs shouldn't do anything unless the user asks for
>>> it.
>>
>> Strange principle.
> It's the "Principle of Least Surprise".
>> Setup is intended to install/update Cygwin insta
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 04:15:19PM +0100, Andy Koppe wrote:
>On 26 July 2010 15:29, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>> On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 12:52:48PM +0100, Andy Koppe 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 abo
On 26 July 2010 15:29, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 12:52:48PM +0100, Andy Koppe wrote:
>>#On 26 July 2010 10:32, Andrey Repin wrote:
This makes me wonder whether Keep shouldn't be the default, on the
principle that programs shouldn't do anything unless the user ask
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 12:52:48PM +0100, Andy Koppe wrote:
>#On 26 July 2010 10:32, Andrey Repin wrote:
>> Greetings, Andy Koppe!
>>> This makes me wonder whether Keep shouldn't be the default, on the
>>> principle that programs shouldn't do anything unless the user asks for
>>> it.
>>
>> Strange
#On 26 July 2010 10:32, Andrey Repin wrote:
> Greetings, Andy Koppe!
Здравствуйте!
>> This makes me wonder whether Keep shouldn't be the default, on the
>> principle that programs shouldn't do anything unless the user asks for
>> it.
>
> Strange principle.
It's the "Principle of Least Surprise"
Greetings, Andy Koppe!
> This makes me wonder whether Keep shouldn't be the default, on the
> principle that programs shouldn't do anything unless the user asks for
> it.
Strange principle. Setup is intended to install/update Cygwin installation.
Of course it offer to update whatever is available
On 25 July 2010 03:54, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 07:10:08PM -0500, Marshall Abrams wrote:
>>One of the beautiful things about Cygwin's setup.exe is that when--perhaps
>>in the middle of trying to get something done before a deadline--I realize
>>that a Cygwin package I did
On 07/24/2010 07:10 PM, Marshall Abrams wrote:
> I am *not* going to install 1.7. Not now. I'm in the
> middle of a project. I just wanted one little tool.
It sounds like you're still running Cygwin 1.5. While it's no longer
supported, you can download setup-legacy.exe from cygwin.com and use
On 7/24/10 5:10 PM, Marshall Abrams wrote:
> I have one suggestion: I wish that the setup routine was better for...
> users like me who mainly want to get work done, don't care necessarily
> care whether we have the latest versions of every package (honestly,
> most of package changes are irrelevan
On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 07:10:08PM -0500, Marshall Abrams wrote:
>I *love* Cygwin. I use it to get my work done every day. I am grateful to
>everyone who has contributed to it over the years and continues to do so.
>Thank you. That bears repeating: Thank you!
>
>I have one suggestion: I wish
I *love* Cygwin. I use it to get my work done every day. I am grateful to
everyone who has contributed to it over the years and continues to do so.
Thank you. That bears repeating: Thank you!
I have one suggestion: I wish that the setup routine was better for... users
like me who mainly wa
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