McCullough, Ryan wrote: > What Im saying is that it's a good start. > > It should be improved though to something like the cygwin installer.
I like the idea, but I do not at all like Cygwins installer's UI. You can not use the keyboard and that is big accessibility disadvantage. Beside that it lacks a notifier for updates. > I think the requirements would be: > > 1) better UI, the command line doesn't cut it for everyone > 2) download a package list and package version list > 3) allow the user to select which packages to install > 4) the preferences are saved to a file > 5) new packages that are not excluded but not on the local cache are > displayed in a highlighted color or at the top of the list or both > 6) download in restartable mode, FTP maybe? > 7) only download updated versions of packages that exist > 8) specify an install location and do the install including updating links Yes, something like it. I think an update mode is needed. > -Ryan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ GnuWin32-Users mailing list GnuWin32-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gnuwin32-users
