On Thu, 20 Sep 2012 19:39:50 +0200, Christopher Faylor wrote:
On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 06:26:01PM +0200, Michael Benford wrote:
On Thu, 20 Sep 2012 17:58:42 +0200, Eric Blake wrote:
On 09/20/2012 09:11 AM, Michael Benford wrote:
I would like to change the setup.exe so that it loads the package
selection page when it starts. And only runs the wizard when a
current
installation of the current version is not detected.
Indeed - having the ability to skip past the 6 'Next' buttons for a
repeated run after cygwin is already installed seems useful; but you
still have to make it possible for the user to rerun the intro screens
rather than hard-coding it to only start at the package selection page
(since the intro screens are necessary for things like choosing a
different mirror). Probably the easiest approach is to add a new
command line option that can be used to skip the intro screens, and
then users can script things with a batch file or by modifying the
Windows shortcut to the actual setup.exe binary to add the option,
although that will still require some user intervention rather than
happening automatically.
I would implement a configuration panel that is accessible from the
package selection page.(i have developed a button table mini
application for launching other application with hard coded
command-line arguments using only win32)
I'd rather just start with a command-line option than adding a whole new
screen to setup.exe.
I'm basically offering to turn setup.exe into a package manager. setup.exe
would need to auto detect the current state of installation and should
have a command line argument to force a new install.
The file name setup.exe is ambiguous if stored in a folder with other
application installation files. I suggest using the file name
cygpac.exe and application name Cygwin package manager.
Won't happen. You are free to download the file and rename it
yourself, but people have come to expect the name of the file that they
download to originally be named setup.exe, and every time this topic
has come up in the past, it has been rejected.
I would like to put it to a vote. If you vote please state why you
chose that position.
Sorry. This isn't a democracy. We're not changing the name. This has
come up before. I'm sure you can find past discussions on this issue if
you search.
cgf
I will search the mailing lists. If you could also send me a specific
email, mailing list and/or
date to look at it would be appreciated.
