On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 03:14:28PM -0600, Gary R Van Sickle wrote: >> Image: you click on 'install' for 'gcc', and up pops a window >> that lists >> everything that gcc depends on (both requires as we have today, and >> 'suggested' items that aren't always needed but are useful - ie >> autoconf), that was not selected before that click. >> > >I'm drawing a blank at the utility of such a feature, at least in the guise >of a popup of any kind. You're saying that as you go through the dozens of >packages you want and select them, that a box pops up bugging you about the >dependencies of each selection, which you can't do anything about anyways? >That sounds like it would be extremely irritating.
Ditto. I also have to admit that I don't see how this corresponds with any complaints or requests that I've seen in the cygwin mailing list. >>Likewise, if you click ash off, up pops a window listing everything >>that depends on ash, with an addiotnal message of "Warning: removing >>ash will cause these packages to be removed as well. >> > >This does make quite a bit of sense to me. But wouldn't MessageBox() >or something akin to it be a better fit to the task? The only possible >user input here would be "Yes, remove ash and everything dependent on >it" and "Cancel", and the only output a list of package names. Actually, I think that automatically removing dependencies is not a good idea. If I select binutils specifically, then select gcc, then uninstall gcc, I would probably be annoyed to see binutils disappear. cgf