[PATCH] Stop automatic dependency selection on setup.exe chooser screen

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Aug  6 17:09, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 06, 2010 at 11:06:38PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >On Aug  6 22:26, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >> On Aug  6 22:08, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >> > I had a go at it [...]
> >> Here's another test with only selecting the vorbis-tools package.
> >> [...]
> >
> >And, while we're at it, do we *really* have to create such a detailed
> >dependency view?  Wouldn't it be much less confusing if we just list the
> >packages which have to be installed to satisfy all dependencies, just
> >like the GNOME PackageKit Updater GUI, gpk-update-viewer?  Like this:
> >
> >  Cygwin Setup - Resolve Dependencies
> >
> >  <bold>The following packages are required to satisfy dependencies.</bold>
> >
> >  libao 1.0.0-1
> >  libao-devel 1.0.0-1
> >  libao4 1.0.0-1
> >  libaudio2 1.9.2-1
> >  libaudiofile0 0.2.7-1
> >  libesd0 0.2.41-10
> >  libFLAC8 1.2.1-2
> >  libkate 0.3.7-3
> >  libkate1 0.3.7-3
> >  libogg0 1.2.0-1
> >  libspeex1 1.2rc1-1
> >  libvorbis 1.3.1-1
> >  libvorbis0 1.3.1-1
> >  libvorbisenc2 1.3.1-1
> >  libvorbisfile3 1.3.1-1
> >
> >  [x] Select required packages (RECOMMENDED)
> >
> >                       [back][next] [cancel]
> 
> Why not present as much info as possible?  I don't know what "libkate"
> is but it would be nice to be able to satisfy my curiousity on that page
> rather than jumping to a web page and googling.

Well, that's ok.  But I don't think it's important to learn where the
dependency comes from.  If you want to know what the missing package
provides, the sdesc might be more informative, like this:

     libao               version 1.0.0-1
     (libao's sdesc)
     libao-devel         version 1.0.0-1
     (libao-devel's sdesc)
     [etc]


Corinna

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