On 8/27/2010 7:05 PM, Peter A. Castro wrote: > On Fri, 27 Aug 2010, Andy Koppe wrote: >> Question: would anyone miss the "Prev" button if it were to disappear? > > Yes, I, for one, would miss it. While it may give a "random collection > of old packages", for packages that are actively maintained it does give > you the ability to revert to the previous version that is/was working > when the "current" version either does not do what you want or, in some > cases, breaks what you already had working. For that reason alone, the > "Prev" has value.
Peter, I think you're misinterpreting Andy's proposal. He's not talking about the ability to click on the 'spinner' icon, to cycle thru various versions of a specific package. He's talking about the 'Prev' radio button, which can have VERY unexpected results. It reverts EVERY package that you have installed to the prev version of that package -- not just a single package whose current version may be giving you temporary difficulties. -- Chuck -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple