Scott Prive <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Feature request: For SOME packages, release Notes that can be pulled > up from the installer. > > Many people run Cygwin and are not members of this list. Ideally, > people would read the mailing list before installing, and again > before upgrading. > > This is not the reality and human nature is difficult to change. > > So in the spirit of this, a "nice" feature would there were a pop-up > warning or note for "risky" upgrades, or first time installs. This > would not need to be done for most packages, just those that may > change expected or assumed behavior. > > For example: I saw the post about the security defaults changing. If > you're on this list, you would know this, but otherwise you are in > for a big surprise in "cvs file attributes", etc. There might be > other examples but this is what comes to me now. > > In short: if it's worth warning users on the list about, the software > might do the same. > > Is this a bad idea? (And no, I can't send patches for this :-)
No, its not a bad idea. When will it happen? When someone sends patches for it! Max. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
