From kde-devel  Mon May 08 12:01:50 2000
From: "Hummel, Timo" <timo.hummel () sap ! com>
Date: Mon, 08 May 2000 12:01:50 +0000
To: kde-devel
Subject: RE: Before we go into Beta
X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-devel&m=95778862615269

>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.

People prefer graphical installation programs, especially for those
who don't know how to use the console. Things like the initial KDE
setup and more could be implemented into the installation too.

For a plain KDE2 installation, using a simple script is ok.

Timo