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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    RE: starting to write a KDE auto-installer
From:       Shawn Gordon <shawn () thekompany ! com>
Date:       2001-08-21 13:30:12
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At 04:24 AM 8/21/2001, you wrote:
>Heya hetz,
>
>If it was to be written in pure Qt, the installer wouldnt be that big
>would it? Even so...if Konqueror/E can be made static and be small, I
>cant image it would be a great amount larger.

After have done some staticlly linked Qt apps I can tell you that the app 
and the library with Qt3 is only 2 to 3 MB when compressed as a tarball.

>I think the key is in seperating front end from back end, and we can
>certainly learn from Red Carpet. I seriously think a distributed file
>sharing option woul dbe great for at times when the servers are bogged
>down (such as release time).
>
>I also think some kind of standardisation should be sought across
>distros. Maybe we could speak with some distros to focus on a KDE based
>installed. I dunno...so many options...
>
>         Jono
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Hetz Ben Hamo [mailto:hetz@kde.org]
>Sent: 21 August 2001 12:17
>To: Jonathan Bacon
>Cc: kde-devel@kde.org
>Subject: Re: starting to write a KDE auto-installer
>
>
>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
>
>
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Regards,

Shawn Gordon
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