README

   1 This directory contains the source for the setup program for the cygwin
   2 net releases.
   3
   4 For code guidelines, see GUIDELINES.
   5
   6 RELEASE BLOCKERS:
   7    Currently, none!
   8
   9 TODO:
  10  * Don't downgrade if the curr version is <= installed?
  11  * Support rpm/deb files for reading the package from. (To allow the
  12    maintainers the use of rpm/deb tools to create packages.)
  13  * Make a librar(y|ies) for setup and cygcheck to use containing
  14    1) Something to translate POSIX -> native.  Currently called "cygpath"
  15       in setup, although this is probably a bad choice of name.
  16    2) Something to return the list of installed packages.
  17    3) Something to return the cygwin mount table.  Currently, I have implemented
  18       a lightweight setmntent and getmntent using the code in
  19    4) Something to parse a tar file name into package/version or alternatively,
  20       return that information from 2)
  21    5) Something to return a list of files associated with a package.
  22  * Mark versions as prev/curr/test in the GUI when clicking through them.
  23  * Make setup.exe available through Add/Remove
  24  * Chooser scrollbar sometimes lost with odd font sizes.
  25  * Cancelling during MD5 check just stops the GUI updating until the check
  26    completes, and then continues with setup as if Cancel had not been clicked.
  27  * Toggling from All Default to All Install takes *way* too long.
  28  * Remove installed packages from Misc when other (non-All) categories are
  29    found.
  30  * Local package scan stops updating when it stops being the active window.
  31
  32 WISHLIST:
  33  * rsync:// support.
  34  * Some way to download *all* the source.
  35  * When clicking on a category that is showing a partial list (auto added items
  36    due to dependencies) show the full list rather than minimizing.
  37  * Incremental/recoverable download capability.
  38  * Build-depends.
  39  * FTP control connections should be closed when we are awaiting user input.
  40  * Show a sdesc for each category.
  41  * Add friendly error reporting to simpsock.cc.
  42  * Scan newly installed files for README files, show list to user, let them
  43    read them if they want.
  44  * Mouse wheel support broken/missing for *some* users.
  45  * When in category view, and changing from prev->normal->exp the categories
  46    get collapsed. This is non-intuitive.
  47  * mirrors.lst to be copied to setup.ini and cached locally. Then the master
  48    mirrors list is reserved for bootstrapping.
  49  * Clicking on a package that is in multiple categories should update the view
  50    of the package in both locations on screen. - Done?
  51  * Remember the view mode - ie if you leave setup in partial, it returns to
  52    partial automatically.
  53  * Downloading from the internet should be _able_ to list based on what is
  54    present in the cache, as opposed to what is installed. (To help building a
  55    complete install set for a different machine).
  56  * New view - "action / category / package"
  57  * New view - show installed packages only. Probably not categorised.
  58  * Don't ask about the start menu or desktop options if they already exist.
  59  * Save the manual proxy settings so they don't need to be retyped.
  60  * Detect files in multiple packages.
  61  * Save all options.
  62  * Run a different script after finishing setup.
  63  * Show bin and src download size.
  64  * Confirm cancellation of setup if in the middle of doing something.
  65  * Improve mirror selection UI.
  66  * Ability to "hold" the version of a package - i.e. never auto-upgrade.
  67
  68 Unconfirmed Bugs
  69
  70  * When installing and enough packages default to visible, the RH scrollbar is
  71    sometimes hidden.
  72  * BSOD switching to install mode after downloading lots of software.
  73
  74 Recently Completed
  75
  76  * View button is not clear at first view. (the dotted highlight).
  77  * Continue downloading past errors, present log of failures at end. (partial)
  78  * Multiple mirror support, with setup.ini from each merged automagically.
  79  * Installed packages aren't automatically upgraded.
  80  * Dependencies should not trigger alterations to user actions for installed
  81    packages that have any action other than uninstall.
  82  * Wide descriptions can get truncated - i.e. SSMTP.
  83  * SKIP and KEEP sometimes appearing for the same package.
  84  * Set the screen size for 640x480 users.
  85  * View mdoe caption on the right hand of the screen.
  86  * Downloading from the internet should allow redownloading already present
  87    files. (This happens via the reinstall/redo already - perhaps this is done.)
  88  * Make skip only ever appear for non-installed packages.
  89  * Skip sould be followed by the <prev/curr/exp> from the radio buttons,
  90    not by prev.
  91  * Src tickbox /source only can be confusing.
  92  * ini.cc: add field in setup.ini to specify whether package is installed by
  93    default, or not. (Base category does this)
  94  * Remove "/" from symlinks (etags.exe->/ctags.exe) is an example.
  95  * Src tickbox /source only can be confusing.
  96  * Handle UNC paths for the localdir correctly.
  97  * Chooser dialog needs work.
  98  * A command line option to prevent overwrite-on-reboot functionality.
  99  * Set ntsec permissions correctly, and for new installs enable ntsec.
 100  * Spurious "Cannot open (null) for reading" errors.
 101  * Sometimes packages set to 'Keep' appear in the 'Partial' view.
 102  * For local dir installs, Going back, changing the local cache dir, and going
 103    forward again does not
 104    correctly reparse inis in the new dir.
 105    Reproduction: Choose an incorrect cache dir, go back, correct it.
 106    Chooser shows all packages in Misc.
 107    - more details: packages get the correct categories assigned, but have misc
 108      added IF they where already installed.
 109      cycling the view adds the previously missing categories correctly.
 110  * "compress_bz::error called" appears in the log every time a package is
 111    installed, even if everything works.
 112  * New view - show non installed packages only.
 113  * Remove *empty* directories on uninstalls.
 114  * Correctly overwrite -r--r--r-- files.
 115  * Audit rfc1738 code for bad memory/string handling. Example: Crash occurs if
 116    rfc1738 encoded dirname is truncated in the middle of a %xx sequence.
 117    Crash not reproducible with test cases, and the code does not handle memory badly.
 118  * Log postinstall scripts to a file.
 119