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Re: Sorry Robert, your bugfix hasn't entirely worked.


> On Mon, 2002-11-25 at 12:54, Max Bowsher wrote:
>> OK. But 'no trust slot' still == 'older than prev', right?

Robert Collins <rbcollins@cygwin.com> wrote:
> No. Just 'not in a trust slot'.
>
> Consider two setup.ini's. One lists:
> 1.4 = prev
> 1.6 = curr
> the next lists
> 1.4 = prev
> 1.5 = curr
>
> Whichever becomes curr of 1.5 and 1.6, the other won't be in a trust
> slot, but will still be newer than prev.

Oh. I need to rethink.
Probably just make 'other' a less violent colour.
It's not exactly the common case.

> Or perhaps a customisable <p> / <prev> / <myfavouriteword>. Yep,
> options are needed :].

<myfavoriteword> is excessive. I'll go for boolean, or tri-state
(none|<p>|<prev>) if you think that is a good idea.

>> Do you think I should put this on hold until we have an options
>> store, or just add some temporary command line options to control it
>> in the meantime?
>
> My 2c: Command line options, defaulting to off.

OK. People can always use Windows shortcuts as their 'options store' for the
short term.

Max.


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