On Thu, Oct 26, 2000 at 11:25:20AM -0500, Jeremy White wrote:
> Okay, part two is to discuss what an RPM or DEB installation
> process looks like to the end user.
>
> After some discussion, this is the end user experience
> we propose:
>
> 1. Installing the package should, IOHO:
>
> D. [Controversial] Install a kernel patch to
> allow .exe files to be launched from the command line.
AFAIK you need to chmod +x any .exe file you try to launch.
This kind of annoyed me.
The Gnome/KDE file type patch is much more useful IMHO.
But of course we do both...
> F. [Controversial] Create a global KDE/Gnome menu
> entry for Wine, put Winecfg under it, and maybe
> also put in a simple Windows application launcher.
> Hmmm. This could be cool; we could make a little
> launcher with checkboxes that turn on good
> debug info, and facilitate the creation of a
> decent bug report. Also, the wine launcher
> could control (hide) the stdout/stderr of
> Wine, and give the user an option to see it
> if/when Wine crashes. Thus, the wine launcher
> would be the thing tied to the .exe associations.
Err, you forgot about uninstaller ;-)
Andreas Mohr
