From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 11353 invoked by alias); 20 Sep 2012 16:26:03 -0000 Received: (qmail 11301 invoked by uid 22791); 20 Sep 2012 16:25:59 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,KHOP_RCVD_TRUST,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mail-wi0-f173.google.com (HELO mail-wi0-f173.google.com) (209.85.212.173) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:25:44 +0000 Received: by wibhm6 with SMTP id hm6so727037wib.2 for ; Thu, 20 Sep 2012 09:25:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.180.108.45 with SMTP id hh13mr6990095wib.15.1348158341525; Thu, 20 Sep 2012 09:25:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ravid (196-215-14-200.dynamic.isadsl.co.za. [196.215.14.200]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id fb20sm11440761wid.1.2012.09.20.09.25.39 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 20 Sep 2012 09:25:41 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed; delsp=yes To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Possible changes to setup.exe interface and name References: <505B3D32.8020808@redhat.com> Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:26:00 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "Michael Benford" Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <505B3D32.8020808@redhat.com> User-Agent: Opera Mail/12.02 (Win32) 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: 2012-09/txt/msg00153.txt.bz2 On Thu, 20 Sep 2012 17:58:42 +0200, Eric Blake wrote: > On 09/20/2012 09:11 AM, Michael Benford wrote: >> I would like to change the setup.exe so that it loads the package >> selection page when it starts. >> And only runs the wizard when a current installation of the current >> version is not detected. > > Indeed - having the ability to skip past the 6 'Next' buttons for a > repeated run after cygwin is already installed seems useful; but you > still have to make it possible for the user to rerun the intro screens > rather than hard-coding it to only start at the package selection page > (since the intro screens are necessary for things like choosing a > different mirror). Probably the easiest approach is to add a new > command line option that can be used to skip the intro screens, and then > users can script things with a batch file or by modifying the Windows > shortcut to the actual setup.exe binary to add the option, although that > will still require some user intervention rather than happening > automatically. > I would implement a configuration panel that is accessible from the package selection page.(i have developed a button table mini application for launching other application with hard coded command-line arguments using only win32) >> >> The file name setup.exe is ambiguous if stored in a folder with other >> application installation files. >> I suggest using the file name cygpac.exe and application name Cygwin >> package manager. > > Won't happen. You are free to download the file and rename it yourself, > but people have come to expect the name of the file that they download > to originally be named setup.exe, and every time this topic has come up > in the past, it has been rejected. > I would like to put it to a vote. If you vote please state why you chose that position. >> >> I am happy to implement both of these changes my self but I need feed >> back and permission from the community. > > Go for it - this is open source, so you can make the changes for your > own use even if the community doesn't like them. > -- Using Opera's revolutionary email client: http://www.opera.com/mail/