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1 WISHLIST:
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3 * Make a librar(y|ies) for setup and cygcheck to use containing
4 1) Something to translate POSIX -> native. Currently called "cygpath"
5 in setup, although this is probably a bad choice of name.
6 2) Something to return the list of installed packages.
7 3) Something to return the cygwin mount table. Currently, I have implemented
8 a lightweight setmntent and getmntent using the code in
9 4) Something to parse a tar file name into package/version or alternatively,
10 return that information from 2)
11 5) Something to return a list of files associated with a package.
12 * Make setup.exe available through Add/Remove
13 * Local package scan stops updating when it stops being the active window.
14 * Some way to download *all* the source.
15 * Incremental/recoverable download capability.
16 * Build-depends.
17 * FTP control connections should be closed when we are awaiting user input.
18 * Show a sdesc for each category.
19 * Add friendly error reporting to simpsock.cc.
20 * Scan newly installed files for README files, show list to user, let them
21 read them if they want.
22 * Clicking on a package that is in multiple categories should update the view
23 of the package in both locations on screen. - Done?
24 * Downloading from the internet should be _able_ to list based on what is
25 present in the cache, as opposed to what is installed. (To help building a
26 complete install set for a different machine).
27 * New view - "action / category / package"
28 * Don't ask about the start menu or desktop options if they already exist.
29 * Save the manual proxy settings so they don't need to be retyped.
30 * Detect files in multiple packages.
31 * Show bin and src download size.
32 * Ability to "hold" the version of a package - i.e. never auto-upgrade.
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