----- Original Message ----- From: "Hannu E K Nevalainen (garbage mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 11:56 AM Subject: General comments...
> There is one thing that I find almost annoying with the setup > utility. > At a certain point it feels VERY slow; when the list of packages to > download/install is about to open up. This may take anything from a little > while to ages to open (No, I haven't measured time > so far). As there is NO progress display it feels as a very long > delay. Please, consider adding a progress display of some sort. Already done, in the development snapshots. > Also: I feel that I have to verify settings all the time. I download > packages into a local directory, then install them > from there, to be able to REINSTALL all of it, fresh - in case of > trouble, whatever "sort of" it might be. I did this for ages, until I found out that "Install from Internet" does maintain a local directory you can install from again. > I have to run the utility twice AND click the NEXT > button "a hundred times" ;-) > My suggesttion: Add an option to "use last settings" for the selected > operation (download or install), having it GO at once. Which settings? Mostly I find I can just hit Enter a few times. > One more thing: As I'm running the download through an ISDN line (charge > based on time up), it is vital for me to be able to disconnect ASAP. > Minimal support for handling this in a good manner would be to > display information regarding whether the utility needs the line > to be up or not. Its quite simple. Setup requires a connection until the "Downloading" phase has ended, after which it says "Installing". Max. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
