Hi, On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 3:26 PM, Alister Hood <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Use the standalone installer, is less risky to have something get > wrong.
> 2. Is it really so necessary to dissuade people from using the OSGeo4W > "Setup"? > - It is much quicker and easier. E.g. when a new version of QGIS is > released you only need to click through setup again to update. You don't > need to go to the QGIS website, download a new installer (which will waste > time and bandwidth because it is bigger - especially since it includes > GRASS, which many people would never use), run the installer, and > separately run the uninstaller for the old version. > - The OSGeo4W setup also provides easy access to other software you might > want to use with QGIS (and nightlies in case you need them :) ) > - I'm not convinced the OSGeo4W installer is very risky. Are people > having problems with it without doing an "advanced install" and choosing > weird things? IMO the only good reason for recommending the standalone > installer is that OSGeo4W doesn't provide ECW libs (but the standalone > installer isn't actually respecting the license on these, anyway...) > +1 I always recommend OSGeo4W installer. It has many advantages over the stand-alone installer. Unfortunately, for many users, if something doesn't look like a "normal setup.exe", they simply give up because it looks different. Is there a way to make the installer look like any other setup tool on Windows? > > > This is important for the QGIS project because the lack of good > > installation/uninstallation procedures fuel the perception that Open > Source > > projects aren't serious contenders to the traditional commercial > products. > > I believe the OSGeo4W installer is a much better system than a standard > Windows installer. But maybe its labelling and public profile could be > improved. Some possibilities: > - always install "setup" - make it a dependency of every other package. > - change the label of "setup" in the start menu to something which makes > it really obvious that this is how you add/remove/upgrade/rollback > packages. (Note that this is explained on the first page of the setup > program. If people choose not to install the standalone package > recommended for beginners, and don't bother to read the instructions in the > OSGeo4w installer, well...). > +1 for a new name instead of "setup". Maybe "OSGeo4W Manager/Center/...." > - Relabel the three options in the first screen of the installer to > explain more fully what each does. > - Rewrite the explanation above these options - try and make it more > concise so people read it and take it in. > - Mention on the download page that you just run "setup" again to > add/remove/upgrade/rollback something. Maybe repeating this information > here will help ;) > +1 That's easy to do, but we all know that people just don't read the instructions .... > Regards, Anita
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