> From: Max Bowsher> John Morrison wrote: > >> From: Igor Pechtchanski > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> There have been bits of persistent state that people wanted to store > >> for setup. I'm proposing an Xdefaults-style setup.cfg in > >> /etc/setup. If we compile a list of things to go in there, I could > >> write a parser for it (I don't think it merits yacc, like the one > >> for setup.ini :-D). > >> Igor > > > > Think that's a good idea, but you'd only be able to parse it if > > a) the registry as / mounted and (or) > > b) the path to install cygwin has been entered :) > > I think that is acceptable. > > > BTW, apart from colours, what would you store? Whether the users > > been asked if they want shortcuts? > > Yes, that is a prime example. > > Also, allowing the user to set persistent defaults: > * Disable antivirus > * Install Type > * Proxy settings > > and maybe even the option to skip across pages entirely.
Oh, oh! Got another! Disable md5sum check (useful for internal distribution) for 'install from local'. J.
