Re: Windows?

[Sergei Steshenko]

--- On Mon, 5/11/09, John W. Eaton <address@hidden> wrote:

> From: John W. Eaton <address@hidden>
> Subject: Re: Windows?
> To: "Qianqian Fang" <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden, "dmelliott" <address@hidden>
> Date: Monday, May 11, 2009, 12:00 PM
> On 10-May-2009, Qianqian Fang wrote:

[snip]

> Instead of
> distributing the
> "System Library" along with the software, just distribute
> instructions
> for how to install it.

[snip]

> jwe


Users do not want even to read instruction, let alone follow them.

FOSS movement is known for consistently shooting itself in the foot.

In practical terms, if possible, 'octave' installer should automatically
download the needed DLLs from MS site using 'wget', 'curl' and the like,
or to start default browser with URL pointing to the download page.

If it is allowed to redistribute the needed DLLs not in the same archive
as 'octave', then the DLLs should be hosted somewhere (maybe the same hosts
as 'octave', but different packages) and 'octave' installed should 
automatically download them.

Regards,
  Sergei.