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Re: [PATCH] Stop automatic dependency selection on setup.exe chooser screen
On Jul 24 10:58, Andy Koppe wrote:
> 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?
We could. Is the above "The following packages are required to
satisfy dependencies of your selection." ok? I'm wondering if it's
a bit too wordy, but I admit I have no better way to say this.
Corinna
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