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


On 23 July 2010 11:22, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Jul 23 09:15, Andy Koppe wrote:
>> On 23 July 2010 05:59, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>> > On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 05:38:24AM +0100, Andy Koppe wrote:
>> >>Unmet Dependencies Found [in bold]
>> >>The following packages are required but have not been selected.
>> >>
>> >>Package: binutils
>> >> Â Â Â Required by: gcc4-g++
>> >>
>> >>Package: gcc4-core
>> >> Â Â Â Required by: gcc4-g++
>> >>
>> >>[tickbox] Install these packages to meet dependencies (RECOMMENDED)
>> >>
>> >>(That tickbox is pre-ticked. If you untick it and click Next you get
>> >>an appropriate warning about breaking your installation.)
>> >>
>> >>I think that's okay(ish), although sensitive users might read the
>> >>sentence above the list as accusing them of failing to add the
>> >>dependencies. How about "The following packages are required to
>> >>satisfy dependencies of your selection."?
>> >
>> > That sounds ok I guess. ÂPlease check this in and I'll roll a new
>> > setup.exe release.
>>
>> I don't think I've got commit access.
>
> I've applied the patch.

Thanks!

Do we still want to tweak the wording?

Andy


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