Re: installer improvements

2010-04-08 Thread Gary .
Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote: http://cygwin.com/mirrors.html gives locations. Doesn't solve the problem entirely. Location isn't the only issue, despite what estate agents will tell you. There seem to often be problems with the switch.ch mirror for example, even though it is probably

Re: installer improvements

2010-04-08 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 12:16:42PM +0200, Gary . wrote: Anyway, what I'd really like to know is, manually parsing the setup.ini aside, is there any way to uninstall (say) Cygwin/X all in one blow? I spent what felt like hours last night clicking through various packages to uninstall, only for some

Re: installer improvements

2010-04-08 Thread Gary .
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 4:53 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 12:16:42PM +0200, Gary . wrote: Anyway, what I'd really like to know is ... I'd suggest that if you have a question or comment about setup it would be a good idea to send a message with a specific subject rather

Re: installer improvements

2010-04-08 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 08:40:38PM +0200, Gary . wrote: On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 4:53 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote: I recognized your name as a non-kook. Urk. Are you sure? Sorry. I must be tired. I let a non-WJM comment sneak by. cgf -- Problem reports:

Re: installer improvements

2010-04-08 Thread Steven E. Harris
Tim McDaniel t...@panix.com writes: I then clicked on qt3-doc's New value repeatedly to reach Uninstall, but on the first click (Reinstall, I think), setup.exe put qt3 back to being installed. It's this same cycling-activates-dependencies problem that makes it impossible to remove all X

Re: installer improvements

2010-04-07 Thread wefwef wefwef
On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 7:29 PM, Morgan Gangwere 0.fracta...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 8:10 AM, wefwef wefwef fromble...@gmail.com wrote: After using cygwin for years, and having some recent difficulty installing, I took a look at the installer to actually try and understand it (a

RE: installer improvements

2010-04-07 Thread Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]
wefwef wefwef sent the following at Wednesday, April 07, 2010 8:18 AM On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 7:29 PM, Morgan Gangwere On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 8:10 AM, wefwef wefwef wrote: Choosing the fastest server could save a lot longer than 45 seconds in download time. This functionality would be useful and

Re: installer improvements

2010-04-07 Thread Jeremy Bopp
On 4/7/2010 8:32 AM, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote: wefwef wefwef sent the following at Wednesday, April 07, 2010 8:18 AM There are 94 servers on the list many of which don't have any obvious geographic location (e.g. mirrors.dotsrc.org). There are 195 countries in the world. That

Re: installer improvements

2010-04-07 Thread wefwef wefwef
All that said, the tone of the requester is not helping the setup maintainer or the rest of the list really sympathize with his position.  His points wouldn't be so bad if he merely asked for features and improvements rather than demand them and belittle the maintainers when they disagree.  

Re: installer improvements

2010-04-07 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 05:31:47PM +0300, wefwef wefwef wrote: On Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 09:01:58AM -0500, Jeremy Bopp wrote: All that said, the tone of the requester is not helping the setup maintainer or the rest of the list really sympathize with his position. ?His points wouldn't be so bad if he

[OT] Re: installer improvements

2010-04-07 Thread Dave Korn
On 07/04/2010 13:18, wefwef wefwef wrote: On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 7:29 PM, Morgan Gangwere wrote: On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 8:10 AM, wefwef wefwef wrote: After using cygwin for years, and having some recent difficulty installing, I took a look at the installer to actually try and understand it (a

Re: installer improvements

2010-04-06 Thread Morgan Gangwere
On 4/5/2010 3:47 AM, wefwef wefwef wrote: After using cygwin for years, and having some recent difficulty installing, I took a look at the installer to actually try and understand it (a novel concept I know!). Here are my thoughts on the gui - I think it could be made considerably more user

Re: installer improvements

2010-04-06 Thread wefwef wefwef
After using cygwin for years, and having some recent difficulty installing, I took a look at the installer to actually try and understand it (a novel concept I know!). Here are my thoughts on the gui - I think it could be made considerably more user friendly with some minor cosmetic changes.

Re: installer improvements

2010-04-06 Thread Morgan Gangwere
On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 8:10 AM, wefwef wefwef fromble...@gmail.com wrote: After using cygwin for years, and having some recent difficulty installing, I took a look at the installer to actually try and understand it (a novel concept I know!). Your problem was that a package didnt get installed

Re: installer improvements

2010-04-06 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Tue, Apr 06, 2010 at 10:29:15AM -0600, Morgan Gangwere wrote: Stop trying to fix the interface unless you are volunteering to take over the project. That's a little harsh. We'll gladly look at patches which improve setup.exe but it's not likely that we'll be interested in making interface

Re: installer improvements

2010-04-06 Thread Tim McDaniel
On Tue, 6 Apr 2010, Christopher Faylor wrote: That's a little harsh. We'll gladly look at patches which improve setup.exe but it's not likely that we'll be interested in making interface changes just because someone makes assertive statements about the UI. Hrm. Can I nevertheless put in a