On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 3:50 AM, David Woolley<for...@david-woolley.me.uk> wrote: > David Balazic wrote: > >> >> 1.) click next ("Welcome...") > > Possibly a limitation of the installer package. > >> 2.) agree to license > > Typical open source licences aren't written to cover future updates, so > there is a new licence being given. This step may not be strictly necessary > for bare licences, but given the populare confusion between freeware, open > source and "public domain", possibly desirable. > > Commercial software updaters often require agreement to a supplementary > licence agreement, at this point. > >> 3.) components selection > > Needed. A user might change the selection, or there may be new choices. > >> 4.) Destination folder selection > > Redundant, but only if the installer is able to find the old folder. > >> 5.) Confirming the completion > > Desirable. This represents the start of the commit for the udpate, and it > needs to be clear to the user when they are going to do the permanent > change. I sometimes dry run installs. > >> 6.) Confirming "finishation" (with the option to run) > > Possibly built into the installer package. >
It is possible to avoid a couple steps, but the effort to do so doesn't seem worthwhile (especially when you consider the impact it has on translations). I don't think the current process is at all painful (and it isn't something that is done all that frequently either). I might consider a patch if one were supplied, but otherwise I'm not inclined to make any changes of this nature. -D _______________________________________________ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support