From: Brian Dessent <brian@dessent.net>
To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: [ITA] X.Org X11R7.4
Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:40:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <490FC3FA.B038879C@dessent.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <490FC2E5.5B53BEA1@dessent.net>
Brian Dessent wrote:
> I don't like the precedent this creates -- it's bad UI. The user is
> supposed to be able to get the source by just putting an X in the Src
> box of the normal package. But with this scheme they can no longer do
> that, they have to know to first show hidden packages and then to select
> the Src column of an empty dummy package that is otherwise never
> displayed, used, or needed.
Errr, nevermind. That's nonsense. Setup will follow the
external-source line and do the right thing when the user selects Src of
any of the packages.
> Why can't you just associate the source
> package with one of the two existing binary packages instead of
> inventing a third, empty, hidden package to associate it with?
But I still think this makes more sense.
Brian
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-11-04 3:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-11-03 23:42 Yaakov (Cygwin Ports)
2008-11-04 0:19 ` Yaakov (Cygwin Ports)
2008-11-04 2:25 ` Christopher Faylor
2008-11-04 2:53 ` Yaakov (Cygwin Ports)
2008-11-04 3:35 ` Brian Dessent
2008-11-04 3:40 ` Brian Dessent [this message]
2008-11-04 3:47 ` Yaakov (Cygwin Ports)
2008-11-04 4:02 ` Brian Dessent
2008-11-04 4:30 ` Yaakov (Cygwin Ports)
2008-11-04 4:38 ` Brian Dessent
2008-11-04 4:21 ` Christopher Faylor
2008-11-04 4:30 ` Yaakov (Cygwin Ports)
2008-11-04 5:00 ` Christopher Faylor
2008-11-04 5:21 ` Yaakov (Cygwin Ports)
2008-11-04 5:58 ` Yaakov (Cygwin Ports)
2008-11-04 15:10 ` Christopher Faylor
2008-11-04 15:50 ` Yaakov (Cygwin Ports)
2008-11-04 17:15 ` Christopher Faylor
2008-11-04 17:34 ` Yaakov (Cygwin Ports)
2008-11-04 17:39 ` Christopher Faylor
2008-11-04 18:01 ` Yaakov (Cygwin Ports)
2008-11-04 15:04 ` Christopher Faylor
2008-11-05 4:16 ` Yaakov (Cygwin Ports)
2008-11-05 5:13 ` Christopher Faylor
2008-11-05 6:07 ` Yaakov (Cygwin Ports)
2008-11-09 6:21 ` Yaakov (Cygwin Ports)
2008-11-10 9:48 ` Corinna Vinschen
2008-11-10 20:22 ` Christopher Faylor
2008-11-11 8:56 ` Jan Nieuwenhuizen
2008-11-11 16:47 ` Yaakov (Cygwin Ports)
2008-11-12 0:08 ` Yaakov (Cygwin Ports)
2008-11-12 15:55 ` Christopher Faylor
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