Re: So *is* anyone thinking of adding support for some sort of dialog interaction for cygwin packages?

[Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please at cygwin dot com>]

On Sat, Feb 10, 2007 at 07:32:49PM +0100, Reini Urban wrote:
>Christopher Faylor schrieb:
>>Igor mentioned that he had some ideas for adding some sort of
>>interactive support for cygwin packages so that they could ask questions
>>and interact during installation.
>>
>>I think that recent events have shown that letting people know what they
>>are getting into before they install a package is something that we
>>really need.  So, if anyone is exploring some way of adding an interactive
>>"preinstall" capability to setup.exe, I think I can guarantee some gold
>>stars.
>>
>>What I'd like to consider doing with gcc (and bash?) is checking the
>>version currently running on disk and warning people that what they are
>>doing will require some understanding on their part.
>>
>>Barring any of that, maybe a really simple solution would be to add a
>>screen pointing people to the cygwin-announce archives.
>
>Announce an upload before it is uploaded? I could live with that.
>
>An upload with a setup.ini section for this screen would then point to 
>the archive url.

I don't think it can or should be a part of setup.ini.  It would have to
be something in the package itself since, otherwise, it wouldn't be able
to check the disk for existing packages.

cgf