Question on the new behavior of setup.exe

[Robert Collins]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karl Chen [mailto:karlchen47@quarl.org] 
> Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 11:42 PM
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: Question on the new behavior of setup.exe
> 
> 
> 
> I had the same problem with the 2.194 setup.exe, not on a 
> network share, but now I can't reproduce the bug.
> 
> By the way, it was not at all obvious that you can select 
> more than one mirror. Suggestion: print a hint to this 
> effect; and also change the selection box to the kind that is 
> specifically for multiple selections, i.e. clicking on entry 
> X toggles whether X is selected, rather than changing the 
> selection to "X only" - I think you just need to set a flag 
> on creating the box.
> 
> Another suggestion: make the mirror selection more graceful 
> when the user accidentally selects a dead server: instead of 
> having to cancel and start over allow a timeout and going back.

There is a timeout. What message do you get that forces you to select
Cancel?
 
Thanks for the suggestions.

Rob

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