On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 09:14:43AM -0500, Duane Ellis wrote: >I support an internal development group and I need to have a number of >people install and use cygwin. > >I've had more then a few problems with "Human Factors Problems" > - Missed packages that should have been installed but where not... > - Wrong versions installed > - Newer versions - that caused problems... [I have not fixed yet] > - Package not present on the mirror they choose > - Mirror they choose is not reachable right now for some reason > >In a perfect world this is what I'd like to have:
I'm not sure of your intent in providing the above laundry list but, assuming that it was more than just frustrated venting about possible cockpit problems, in a perfect world, people who report bugs would also provide details about the bugs rather than just making assertions of problems: - What packages were missing? - What was the "wrong version" installed and what was the mechanism via which a wrong version was installed? Was it specifically selected? - What newer versions caused problems and what were the problems? - What package was not present on a mirror? - How would you expect an unreachable mirror to be handled in setup.exe, given that the fact that a mirror which is unreachable by you may be reachable by others? (You do understand that the mirrors list is automatically checked and updated on a regular basis, right?) See http://cygwin.com/problems.html for hints on the kind of details we need to fix reported problems. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/