Ian Clarke skrev: > http://www.littleshoot.org/ > > While Nextgens has done great work improving the installation process, > clearly there is plenty of room for further improvement. I see no > reason why Freenet's installation process couldn't be as elegant as > littleshoot's. > I haven't tried out the LittleShoot installer (yet), but I also do agree that the installer contains unnecessary steps (I did point out a few of them in my review some time ago).
IMHO, Freenet should be packaged for Linux distros anyway, compeletely eliminating the need for a Linux installer (besides whatever scripting the package installation requires) and terminal installation procedures. I am aware of certain people thinking that Freenet develops too quickly/doesn't fit into package systems at all, but the advantages still seem to be much greater than the disadvantages as I see it. I do see the reasoning behind using IzPack (isn't that the name?) because of cross-platform support though, but assuming Linux is the future, and Linux apps ought to be packaged anyway, we only have Windows and Mac left, leaving less reason to be bound to the, perhaps less intuitive, IzPack installation? - Zero3
