[setup patch] paint older-to-install versions red

Charles Wilson cygwin@cwilson.fastmail.fm
Wed Jul 2 00:15:00 GMT 2008


Reini Urban wrote:
> Setup has a strange versioning logic:
> The setup.ini lastmodified date overrides the package number
> 
> This patch marks the spin button red of such packages which installed 
> version numbers are higher than the current version of setup.exe, when 
> setup wants to overwrite "newer" versions.
> Usually I have to click the spin buttons on those a couple of numbers.
> It's a useful visual feedback of todo's.

I like the idea, but didn't we have a long discussion about /not/ using 
color *alone* as an indicator, to care for those with color blindness? 
How about changing the spinner to an exclamation point, instead:

--
Chuck

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