Re: suggestion [was: Re: GNUSTEP/linux]

[Martin Brecher]

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| Double-click on the fat-binary package you've just downloaded and
install a(n
| optionally) slimmed-down app or tool into the right place, asking
which domain*
| should go into - that is about as hard as it should be IMO.
|
| [* not using that terminology of course, perhaps saying "for everyone
on this
| system, or just you" etc]
|
| Drag and drop the package into a directory and be prompted whether
they want
| to install it there if it's one of the magic directories in the
| GNUSTEP_PATHLIST. If they don't have permission to write, offer the option
| to install it in other domains or to raise privileges to install it there.

I wasn't merely talking about an [DO/service wise] integrated installer
(that'd be nice, of course). I suggested that the application bundles
could be archive files, so you won't have to use an installer at all.
(At least for the simpler apps.)

Greetings,
Martin

- --
I love the smell of Blue Screens in the morning.
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