On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, unknown unknown wrote:
> <Lucian> Also, what do you all think about drag and drop installs, you have
> a CD in the drive, you are in gnome or nautilus, and you drag the game icon
> from the CD to a folder on your machine and it installs there.
Possibly one of the worst ideas I've heard in recent times. RPM and the
FHS are wonderful tools for keeping track of everything on your system.
What you propose sounds like the Windows habit of installing everything in
"Program Files". You can already have "click and play" installs - just
click on an RPM file and the installation process starts (IIRC - I never
use a GUI for installation). Your proposal is a step several miles
backwards from the current position.
> Automatic Installs would be hard to program i know that. But Image being
> able to just put a CD into your machine, and not having to click anything
> just watching whatever is on the CD load up on your screen.
Just imagine the potential for viruses and other malignant entities. And
the potential for destroying a working system by automatically adding a
poorly-constructed package from something like a magazine cover CD.
RPM, urpmi and friends (including apt, etc.) are the real "killer
applications" on Linux, far surpassing anything on offer in the M$ world.
Try comparing RPM to InstallShield - they're not just in different
leagues; they're playing different sports!
Michael
