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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 It may be out of date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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