>From: Michael Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: [Cooker] Installation can be easier
>Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 23:36:23 +0100 (BST)
>
>On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, unknown unknown wrote:
> > <Lucian> Also, what do you all think about drag and drop installs, you
>have
> > a CD in the drive, you are in gnome or nautilus, and you drag the game
>icon
> > from the CD to a folder on your machine and it installs there.
>
>Possibly one of the worst ideas I've heard in recent times. RPM and the
>FHS are wonderful tools for keeping track of everything on your system.
>What you propose sounds like the Windows habit of installing everything in
>"Program Files". You can already have "click and play" installs - just
>click on an RPM file and the installation process starts (IIRC - I never
>use a GUI for installation). Your proposal is a step several miles
>backwards from the current position.
>
> > Automatic Installs would be hard to program i know that. But Image being
> > able to just put a CD into your machine, and not having to click
>anything
> > just watching whatever is on the CD load up on your screen.
>
>Just imagine the potential for viruses and other malignant entities. And
>the potential for destroying a working system by automatically adding a
>poorly-constructed package from something like a magazine cover CD.
>
>RPM, urpmi and friends (including apt, etc.) are the real "killer
>applications" on Linux, far surpassing anything on offer in the M$ world.
>Try comparing RPM to InstallShield - they're not just in different
>leagues; they're playing different sports!
>
>Michael
>
>
If you dont want a virus, dont use automated installation, its for ease of
use, its not for virus protection.
If you want that, then use RPM or compile your programs.
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