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On Sun, 2003-03-09 at 13:58, Max Bowsher wrote: > Here is the contents of the setup TODO, and some comments on how I think the > items should be dealt with. > > * Mirrors list orer is snafued. > It's the same order as in the release (2.249.2.5) setup. Therefore I propose > deleting this item, and add "Improve mirror selection" to WISHLIST. ACK. > * Chooser scrollbar sometimes lost with odd font sizes. Seperate message > sent a > sking for reproduction method. > Bug in Windows. Create a Known Bugs section, and explain? Nope, it's still a TODO. > * Don't downgrade if the curr version is <= installed? > I vote yes. It's up for debate. I've done my dash on that. > * When installing and enough packages default to visible, the RH scrollbar > is > sometimes hidden. > * BSOD switching to install mode after downloading lots of software. Was > anyone > ever able to come up with a reproduction method for this? > I can't reproduce either of these. Delete outright, or create an > 'Unconfirmed' section? "Unconfirmed Bugs" section - yes please. > To WISHLIST. > * support rpm/deb files for reading the package from. (To allow the > maintainers > the use of rpm/deb tools to create packages.) Hmm, this is a TODO IMO. > * make a librar(y|ies) for setup and cygcheck to use containing > 1) Something to translate POSIX -> native. Currently called "cygpath" > in setup, although this is probably a bad choice of name. > 2) Something to return the list of installed packages. > 3) Something to return the cygwin mount table. Currently, I have > implemented > a lightweight setmntent and getmntent using the code in > 4) Something to parse a tar file name into package/version or > altenatively, > return that information from 2) > 5) Something to return a list of files associated with a package. Still a TODO. > * Make setup.exe available through Add/Remove Ditto. > Remain TODO > * Mark versions as prev/curr/test in the GUI when clicking through them. ACK. > * Remove *empty* directories on uninstalls > * Correctly overwrite -r--r--r-- files. These two need to be reviewed - I think we do them already. > * Going back, changing the local cache dir, and going forward again does > not co > rrectly reparse inis in the new dir. > Reproduction: Choose an incorrect cache dir, go back, correct it. > Choos > er shows all packages in Misc. > * "compress_bz::error called" appears in the log every time a package is > instal > led, even if everything works. Reproducability: 100%. > * Cancelling during MD5 check just stops the GUI updating until the check > compl > etes, and then continues with setup as if Cancel had not been clicked. > * Toggling from All Default to All Install takes *way* too long. ACK. > To FIXED > * Sometimes packages set to 'Keep' appear in the 'Partial' view. I(Max) > have se > en this myself from time to time, but can't duplicate it on demand. Can > anyone? > * Setup not properly realizing that versions are unavailable, leading to > "Canno > t open (null) for reading". Are they both fixed, or just the second? Rob -- GPG key available at: <http://users.bigpond.net.au/robertc/keys.txt>.
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