Re: Pending setup patches (issue 10)

[Charles Wilson <cwilson at ece dot gatech dot edu>]

Robert Collins wrote:
> Seriously though: How often do you install from local directory? 

Every time I test one of my package releases before uploading it to 
sources.redhat.com.   Heck, I even locally test package installation 
before putting them on my cygutils/testing site!

And when I'm on dialup.  Unless the new-n-improved setup supports 
resume, I prefer to download using wget -c when I'm on an unreliable 
connection.  Too many times I've waited half an hour for, oh, binutils, 
and then setup complains about a download glitch, and erases the 
partially downloaded file.  Note that this is NOT a high priority fix 
for setup: if it can't do resumable downloads, there are ways around 
that -- that's what local repos are FOR, after all: when you need to 
download via some other method or machine.

> It
> should *only* be used when there is no network connection available.

Or when your network connection sucks.  Or when you're developing local 
packages for eventual 'setup-ability'.

--Chuck