On Jan 27 12:11, Houder wrote: > Corinna wrote (on a different Cygwin mailing list, which I am not > supposed to read):
Haha. The cygwin-apps list is publically archived for a reason :) > Title: Setup patch to keep test version if test version installed > > > Hi guys, > > > > I need a bit of feedback. > > > > One detail bugging me (and probably others as well) in Setup is this. > > If I chose to install a test version of a package, and then start Setup > > again, Setup will default to the current version of the package again. > > If I'm just a bit careless, I'll overwrite my test version with the curr > > version of this package. And another Setup run will be required to fix > > that ... > > Yes, yes, yes, bugging me too. > > > Then she wrote (in a follow-up message): > > > I checked in code which fixes this issue, which simplifies the package > > choosing algorithm when clicking on the package line, and which > > implements the default package in a way which never "downgrades" a > > package without the user's explicit consent by choosing the lower > > package version manually. This is much more in line with the update > > mechanism in Linux package managers. > > > > I uploaded test builds of this setup to cygwin.com: > > > > https://cygwin.com/setup-test-x86.exe > > https://cygwin.com/setup-test-x86_64.exe > > > > Please give it a try. > > Which I did. Satisfied user here. An user which never uses the > keep/current/experimental radio buttons, though (which I consider > superfluous). Thanks for testing, and that's a good point. These radio buttons are rather... weird. I think it might be a good idea to remove them. Thanks, Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
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