* Victor Denisov <vdenisov at redline.ru> [2008-03-17 22:59:50]: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > | If it is standard practice for services to run as SYSTEM then we > | should probably do that too. We don't need to be spending our time > | and energy reinventing how to install software on Windows. > > I think that installer should at least ask if a dedicated user should be > created, and an option to use an existing account. I have... what... 4 > freenet users now on my system (yeah, I've been lazy to properly > uninstall freenet a couple of times). >
The installer allows more than one install to be performed on the same computer... and belive it or not it's a feature. Of course we could reuse the existing user and credentials but I don't think it's the way to go : most users reinstall because they are having a problem; not because they want more than one node... reusing things from a "broken" install doesn't sound like a good idea to me. Yes we could ask whether a user should be created or not... but is that pertinent ? I mean does the average user even know what the asset/caveats of creating a new user are ? Of course we could explain him the sound idea behind the whole thing... but then you loose in terms of usability if your installer requires the user to actually understand things and make a choice. NextGen$ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: Digital signature URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20080318/96f79c64/attachment.pgp>
