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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    RE: Before we go into Beta
From:       Hetz Ben Hamo <hetz () cobol2java ! com>
Date:       2000-05-08 12:03:00
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I'm affraid I don't agree with you..

An installation program means for me that I can download a tiny program and 
run it - then It will be able to download all the files from either 
ftp.kde.org, another mirror, or a cd-r I'm burning at work - and then 
installing it. Look at Helix installer how it handles it - they did an 
excellent job there.

You must remember that you're dealing with end users here who probably 
won't understand too much why do they need QT 2.1, where to put the files, 
which modifications they need to do to their .bash_profile/.profile files, 
and how to switch back and forth from KDE 1 to KDE2 - and vice versa..

These people are not developers who can just download from CVS, compile, 
modify script and run - these are end users..

Hetz

At 13:54 08/05/2000 +0200, Martin Konold wrote:
>On Mon, 8 May 2000, Hummel, Timo wrote:
>
> > >1. Installation - someone on the mailing lists offered to write an
> > >installation program. Is it ready? I didn't see it on CVS. If not - 
> Why not
> >
> > >modify the original KDE 1.1 installation routine to fit to KDE2??
> >
> > I'm planning to write a graphical installation program, but first
> > I have to finish the Dr. Konqi stuff. After that, I would spend some
> > time developing such an installation program.
>
>Sorry for beeing ignorant. What is this "installation program" supposed to
>do? Shall it install KDE-2.0? I am aware that an installation program is
>required for Windows Operating Systems in order to hide the fact that
>Win9x,NT,2000 are all incompatible. But what is this "installation
>program" supposed to do in exceess of launching rpm commands which can
>easily be handled by a simple shell script.
>
>Regards,
>-- martin
>
>// Martin Konold, Stauffenbergstr. 107, 72074 Tuebingen, Germany  //
>KDE:  The most advanced GUI for a reliable OS.


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Hetz Ben Hamo
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