Winstaller Test Report - freenet_setup0.3.9.1-2.exe

Environments:
1) Windows 2000, clean install
2) Windows 2000, install over top of a previous installation
3) Windows 98SE, onto virgin ghosted image

Results:
1) Installation: Successful (all environments)
2) Startup: Successful (all environments)
3) Configurator: Successful (all environments) (see comment 2 below)
4) GateWay invocation: Successful (all environments)
5) FreeSite Browse: Successful (all environments)
6) Preservation of configs with superimposed installation: Successful

Comments:
1) The decision to return to the Java configurator is wise - the native
windows one is far from ready for use
2) On Windows 98SE, the Java configurator, and the main freenet.exe, would
be far better to use the console-based java rather than javaw.exe. Problems
with the console java are:
(i) this causes the black DOS box to show when running the configurator -
ugly but harmless
(ii) when closing the configurator, windows displays a dialog which can be
misconstrued as telling the user that Freenet itself will terminate
This should be fixed - javaw is the more appropriate Java binary.

Fitness for release:
Windows 2000 - excellent - highly worthy of release
Windows 98/ME - fair - worthy of release (just) - should either revert to
javaw.exe or take steps to disguise the black dos box and prevent the
shutdown dialog from appearing

No apologies for playing the role of a finicky hard-assed test engineer -
aim is to reduce user hassles and emails to support list.

Cheers
David



----- Original Message -----
From: "Sebastian Sp?th" <[email protected]>
To: <devl at freenetproject.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 19:20
Subject: [freenet-devl] Freenet Winstaller - 0.3.9.1-2 Next (and last) try


> Dave Hooper schrieb:
> >
> > > I am currently checking in fixes into CVS.  I will announce when they
are
> > > ready
> >
> > 'Kay, done it.
>
> New try,
> http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/freenet/Freenet_setup0.3.9.1-2.exe
> contains the latest bugfixes of Dave and uses the Java configurator.
> David McNab, could you give it a whirl and see if that is finally *the*
> working version?
>
> Sebastian
>
> Dave, on a side note: The Java configurator gives a black DOS box now,
> that you use Java.exe instead of javaw.exe. Can we hode the box without
> hiding the subsequent config window?
>
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