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Re: Multiple pending setup patches


On Oct 14 03:30, Brian Dessent wrote:
> Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> 
> > > Is there any way that my proposal of adding a check to see if the currently
> > > selected mirror is in the list of mirrors and issuing a pop-up warning if
> > > not, could be implemented?
> > >
> > > I suppose that this would have to be defeatable for people who want to
> > > use setup.exe for in-house mirrors but I'm not too worried about that.
> > 
> > Ouch, I am.  It should be possible to switch this off, or setup should
> > differ between a mirror from the list, which just isn't available right
> > now, and a mirror which has been added manually.
> 
> What I had in mind was something like this:
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> Warning: The mirror you have selected is not on the list
>          of official Cygwin mirrors.  It may be out of date
>          or missing some packages.  If you experience
>          installation problems consider trying an official
>          mirror.
> 
>          [X]   Don't show this again
> 
>                         [ OK ]
> -------------------------------------------------------------

That's it.


Corinna

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Corinna Vinschen                  Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to
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