I didn't really refuse the patch, it wasn't submitted in the "one right way" that the current SDM requires for automatic application.
So I had to cut and paste the patch and apply it separately. More recently when I do this I do accept the patch and just ignore the errors, but back then I wasn't sure this was safe to do so would refuse patches I apply manually.
(Yes, we should fix the SDM, but that's another story).
As far as the "hanging" goes, how long did you wait? Did you get as far as the "loading .xml files this will take a few minutes" message?
If so, did you wait a few minutes? It really *does* take a few minutes and will appear to hang (Joel's patch was to add the warning to the installer so people would know to wait).
