2008/5/22 Stephen Hahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> * Joseph Di Pol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-05-22 06:08]:
>> But (in our case) it often won't be. And as other folks have
>> stated we need to deal with systems that may not support just
>> dropping a file in a directory.
>
>  If that file goes outside the image, it's not really a packaging
>  action.  So far, I've only heard an attempt to shift such operations
>  back into packaging--why aren't these installer layer
>  responsibilities?

I agree.

Since user images are likely inside another user image, just how far
up the tree would these operations have to go?


Image A
-- Image B
---- Image C

Does installation into Image C cause menu items to be setup in Image B
and Image A?

-- 
Shawn Walker

"To err is human -- and to blame it on a computer is even more so." -
Robert Orben
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