* Victor Denisov <vdenisov at redline.ru> [2008-03-18 14:59:50]: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > |> I think that installer should at least ask if a dedicated user should be > |> created, and an option to use an existing account. I have... what... 4 > |> freenet users now on my system (yeah, I've been lazy to properly > |> uninstall freenet a couple of times). > |> > | > | The installer allows more than one install to be performed on the same > | computer... and belive it or not it's a feature. > > Yes, I understand that. However, mandatory creating a new user on each > install is also not a very good idea. > > | Of course we could reuse the existing user and credentials but I don't > | think it's the way to go : most users reinstall because they are having a > | problem; not because they want more than one node... reusing things > | from a "broken" install doesn't sound like a good idea to me. > > I agree here. But giving an option to use existing account (perhaps > verifying its permissions, etc) is still a good idea. Also, asking to > remove existing accounts could be a good idea.
That's not gonna happen... Removing things during the install process isn't an option. > > | Yes we could ask whether a user should be created or not... but is that > | pertinent ? I mean does the average user even know what the > | asset/caveats of creating a new user are ? Of course we could explain > | him the sound idea behind the whole thing... but then you loose in terms > | of usability if your installer requires the user to actually understand > | things and make a choice. > > Again, I agree. Most users would gladly run Freenet under their own > Administrator account, given the possibility :-(. However, perhaps > having a set of "advanced" options, which could be set before Freenet is > actually installed, is a good idea? A good idea, yes, maybe... but they are technical difficulties with that option. ATM we are using IzPack which doesn't allow to deal with such things... I don't want to hack it ... nor to dedicate resources to switch to anything else. What about filling a feature request ticket on our bugtracker? NextGen$ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: Digital signature URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20080318/6f0a0a02/attachment.pgp>
