Nicolas Mailhot wrote: > On Lun 25 avril 2005 14:16, Nicolas Mailhot a �crit : > >> BTW had another poster not an old message of mine I wouldn't have >> intervened on this problem at all. > > And I might add this message still applies as-is > > https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2005-March/msg00629.html
At least all the arguments against the Mozilla/Firefox installer you have mentioned in this post (quote transferred from the archive you pointed us to): (...) > - installation must be possible in a fully automated way (no human > intervention at all, for example from a cron) and avoid changing common > files (a Linux package "owns" files, they are checksummed and digitally > signed. If a package tries to modify a file owned by another package > things can get ugly fast) > > The last point is where common auto-downloaders fail : they either fail > to work without human supervision (mozilla, firefox) or try to modify > files already owned by other parts of the system (CPAN, (x)emacs, > maven...) > > This might seems mightily restrictive (and it is) but the end result is > when one file on the system has a problem you know what package owns it > and fixing this package is sufficient to heal the system. This is why > Fedora Core for example can afford its fast releases - if it had to do > an audit of all the files interactions each time like under Windows > seamless upgrades would not be possible. don't apply to the OOo installer. It *can* be used in a fully automated way and packages don't overwrite any files from anywhere. We still have to add digital signing though (and we will as I mentioned in another mail some days ago). If you really stepped back from your "I don't know and I don't care" statement you could learn something about our installer and maybe you could find some *real* problems in it (what BTW would be gratefully accepted by us). Currently it looks as that you prefer proof by ignorance. I still hope this isn't true. Best regards, Mathias -- Mathias Bauer - OpenOffice.org Application Framework Project Lead Please reply to the list only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] is a spam sink. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
