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* setup-net.sgml (setup-packages): Reflect removal of Prev button.

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Also document Keep button and improve description of Exp button.
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2011-07-20 Andy Koppe <andy.koppe@gmail.com>
* setup-net.sgml (setup-packages): Reflect removal of Prev button.
Also document Keep button and improve description of Exp button.
2011-07-19 Yaakov Selkowitz <yselkowitz@users.sourceforge.net>
* new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.10): Document getconf(1).

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To avoid unintentionally upgrading, use the <literal>Pending</literal>
view to see which packages have been marked for upgrading. If you
don't want to upgrade a package, click on the new version number to
toggle it until it says <literal>Keep</literal>.
toggle it until it says <literal>Keep</literal>. All packages can be
set to stay at the installed version by pressing the <literal>Keep</literal>
button in the top right part of the chooser window.
</para>
<para>
The final feature of the <command>setup.exe</command> chooser is for
<literal>Previous</literal> and <literal>Experimental</literal> packages.
By default the chooser shows only the current version of each package,
though mirrors have at least one previous version and occasionally there
is a testing or beta version of a package available. To see these package,
click on the <literal>Prev</literal> or <literal>Exp</literal> radio button.
A previous version of each package is usually available, in case downgrading
is required to avoid a serious bug in the current version of the package.
Packages also occasionally have testing (or "experimental") versions available.
Previous and experimental versions can be chosen by clicking on the package's
<literal>New</literal> column until the required version appears.
</para>
<para>
All available experimental packages can be selected by pressing the
<literal>Exp</literal> in the top right part of the chooser window.
Be warned, however, that the next time you run <command>setup.exe</command>
it will try to replace old or experimental versions with the current
stable version.
it will try to replace all old or experimental versions with the current
version, unless told otherwise.
</para>
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