> From: Raul Miller > Sent: Saturday, 6 November 2010 08:41 > > On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 2:51 PM, Eric Iverson wrote: > > Unless there is a lot of push back, the installers will be > > minimal systems pretty much as currently seen on the beta > > download page. When an installer > > is built it will contain the latest J engine, libraries, and > > JHS. > > Everything else will be through pacman or the web site. > > ...[snip]... > > Personally, I have no "in principle" objection to packaging > minimal J > as a bootstrap loader for a full J system. But I think that the > process > of migrating from bootstrap system to full system should be well > documented and easy to manage, and the result should be easy > to start and use.
I agree with this perspective "in principle". However I also have some sympathy with the view that an additional downloadable installer should be made available that includes a full GTK IDE (including help, demos, plot, graphics addons) experience out-of-the-box. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
