From kde-devel Tue Aug 21 11:16:41 2001 From: Hetz Ben Hamo Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 11:16:41 +0000 To: kde-devel Subject: Re: starting to write a KDE auto-installer X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-devel&m=99839269124571 3 people if I count correctly ;) 1. Ilya - who is modifiying the Red Carpet - I belive you should see the results within a week or so.. 2. Nick - on Kinstaller 3. Mark Webb - although I'm not sure about him... On Tuesday 21 August 2001 14:09, Jonathan Bacon wrote: > Good points hetz...but I think the issues surrounding the political > issues of red carpet are non only political. Ahha. > > I think lots of people want to see it fill into the desktop in terms of > visual and technological issues. We would possibly want to use DCOP, and > we certainly want it to be part of the KDE style the user is using. > > It may be an idea that Red Carpet is hacked towards a KDE/Qt version but > I don't know. I just look forward to seeing what is created as a result > of this thread. The problem is - even if you cut corners and make static binary of KDE/QT to be included on the installer (remember - installer size DOES matter!) - then you can quickly passes the size of the original (3MB), which would make the installation painful for dial-up users... > > Who is actively going to work on this installer? > Answered above .. > Jono -- Hetz Ben Hamo hetz@kde.org >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<