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Re: Re[2]: setup testers wanted


On Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 02:57:03PM +1100, Robert Collins wrote:
>On Fri, 2001-11-02 at 12:50, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>> On Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 12:09:34PM +1100, Robert Collins wrote:
>> >How about we get rid of either 'skip' or 'keep' - they are the same
>> >AFAIK.
>> 
>> We had this discussion in cygwin-developers.  They are subtly different.
>> One implies that the package exists on disk and you'll be keeping it.
>> The other implies that you will not be installing the package.
>
>Sure, but will users grok this?
>
>Hmm, maybe we shouldn't show skip for non installed packages?

That sounds right.

I think I tried, at one point, to ensure that both skip and keep never
showed up for the same category but obviously I wasn't successful.

cgf

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