From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 15113 invoked by alias); 4 Nov 2008 03:40:31 -0000 Received: (qmail 15049 invoked by uid 22791); 4 Nov 2008 03:40:31 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from dessent.net (HELO dessent.net) (69.60.119.225) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:39:42 +0000 Received: from localhost.localdomain ([127.0.0.1] helo=dessent.net) by dessent.net with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KxClX-0006es-Jh for cygwin-apps@cygwin.com; Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:39:39 +0000 Message-ID: <490FC3FA.B038879C@dessent.net> Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:40:00 -0000 From: Brian Dessent Reply-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Subject: Re: [ITA] X.Org X11R7.4 References: <490F8C0C.5060603@users.sourceforge.net> <20081104022358.GC13544@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <490FB8F1.1040107@users.sourceforge.net> <490FC2E5.5B53BEA1@dessent.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-apps-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Sender: cygwin-apps-owner@cygwin.com List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2008-11/txt/msg00012.txt.bz2 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