Our ideas of the setup process aren't equal so I disagree. -- Patrick Harper paia...@fastmail.com
On Thu, 23 May 2019, at 18:16, Raul Miller wrote: > This looks like violent agreement. (It's perhaps worth noting that if > you change the first word here from "No" to "Yes" that the idea being > expressed does not change.) > > Thanks, > > -- > Raul > > On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 1:35 PM Patrick Harper <paia...@fastmail.com> wrote: > > > > No, the installation program should make setup as easy as possible. The > > idea of a common development platform for X being suited only for circa > > 100dpi screens in 2019 is ludicrous. Making users pore through > > half-a-dozen man pages and config files to make their X systems usable on > > hidpi screens is ludicrous. > > > > -- > > Patrick Harper > > paia...@fastmail.com > > > > On Thu, 23 May 2019, at 16:58, Ingo Schwarze wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Patrick Harper wrote on Thu, May 23, 2019 at 04:50:54PM +0100: > > > > > > > I think OpenBSD could be made easier to set up for GUI applications > > > > if some configuration that is currently done in files could be moved > > > > to the install program. > > > > > > I very strongly oppose the idea. > > > > > > > These questions (or similar) could be shown > > > > > > Absolutely not. The installer should ask as few questions as possible, > > > ideally none whatsoever. *That* is a way to simplify setup. > > > > > > The topics you mention have nothing to do with installation. > > > They are merely low-importance user configuration that can be done > > > at any time if desired. But almost no user will ever have to consider > > > any of those; i certainly didn't, ever, and i have been using many > > > OpenBSD computers for almost two decades now, including with a wide > > > variety of GUI applications. > > > > > > Yours, > > > Ingo > > > > > >
