Quoting Daniel Veditz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > In any case I'm not sure what the future brings. The Mozilla Organization > will be transitioning to its own servers in the near future and they're a > bit worried about the normal milestone bandwidth requirements. The combined > packages will be easier to mirror which might encourage preference for that > mechanism.
Which is actually a very good argument for the stub installer. If bandwidth is an issue, it's much better not to download components the user doesn't even want. > The future is supposed to be independent applications like Mozilla Firebird, > and none of those have any installer yet. Also a good argument for the stub installer. One (stub) installer to rule them all! And perhaps, a resurrection of the stub installer for Mac (OSX)? Really, if independent applications are the issue, theres no better way to make sure all of the components get to the right locations. A user may install the browser du jour today, and want to install the news/mail reader next month. Will he get them to the right locations? Who knows? Drag & Drop from a mounted disk image may be the installation paradigm blessed by Apple, but it don't cut it for anything other than simple structures. JMHO Rob BTW, is Sean Su still there?
