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Re: setup feature request
- From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb at ukf dot net>
- To: "Kris Thielemans" <kris dot thielemans at csc dot mrc dot ac dot uk>
- Cc: <cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 13:20:22 -0000
- Subject: Re: setup feature request
- References: <NEBBKLAEEMDJBCGCCAOGMEOFCIAA.kris.thielemans@ic.ac.uk>
>> It's already in place. Just click 'default' beside 'all' twice and
>> you should get 'keep'.
Kris Thielemans <kris.thielemans@csc.mrc.ac.uk> wrote:
> comments about that:
>
> - the setup version that is currently on the cygwin home page does
> not have this feature: it cycles between default, install, reinstall
There is no such option even in CVS.
> - it's not an incredible piece of user friendly design. I didn't have
> a clue you could click there and what the effect would be. Don't get
> me wrong, being able to do global stuff per category *is* a very nice
> feature. So, maybe some online help (or just 1 or 2 sentences at the
> bottom of the dialog box) could sort that out.
>
> - what's the difference between 'default' and 'install'?
default == install only for the 'Base' category.
> - it should be very easy to add 'remove' as well. This will finally
> give us a means to remove cygwin (or just a part of it) easily.
Present in CVS.
Max.