Date: Thu, 8 Aug 1996 12:33:17 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@iafrica.com> To: tcg@ime.net Cc: rnordier@iafrica.com, dgy@rtd.com, fqueries@jraynard.demon.co.uk, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: perhaps i am just stupid. Message-ID: <199608081033.MAA00150@eac.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: <3209B52A.203B@ime.net> from "Gary Chrysler" at Aug 8, 96 05:36:42 am
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Gary Chrysler wrote: > Robert Nordier wrote: > > > > Certainly, anything is a good deal better than nothing. Possibly, > > though, one should err on the side of doing too much rather than > > too little. There are an awful lot of files (~70 in the bin > > distribution) to go through by hand. > > Yes, I agree. > Like I said earlier, Unix Guru's probably won't use it, Only the > newcomers from dos will.. Most Unix Guru's already have a Unix > box up and therefore have the tools already! Or the knowledge > on how to do it! > Like I said, I don't think I'll use it, And I'm far from a Unix > Guru. But I already have a Unix box and I'll use the tools there. > > So IMHO it should be geared for those that are comming from dos > and should look/act dos. > (Add Windbloze to all the above the "Dos's" except the > look/act one :) > > > I'd tend to agree with other views that a DOS-orientated program > > is needed -- if possibly a nice shiny one that looks good -- (and > > particularly no batch files). First impressions matter. > > > > Welp to make it look shiney pretty you either have to get pretty > fancy with the code or use obj/libs, I don't fancy the idea of > obj/libs .. > I want source! > > Plain ol'text based is suffiecent<sp?> IMHO. > > (Sure be nice if Netscape had a spell checker, I *really* need it) > > Yea, I'm not to keen on using batch files on/for installation type > stuff! Seems lame to me! > I make some bad assumptions when I see apps that use batch files > for installation. Just kinda turns my stomach. I think we're in agreement. Text-based should be fine if it has the functionality. I rather liked the idea of starting with the supplied checksum file, and verifying the existence and integrity of the distribution files from that. Anyway, this seems to have become The Thread That Would Not Die, so I'll leave the discussions to those who might actually want to do the work. :) -- Robert Nordier
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