+1 for dumping the standalone installer and using (a simplyfied) advanced
OSGEO4W-setup only, possibly offering more older versions for
compatibility reasons.
Noob Windows user tend to use the standalone installer and then run into
path issues with older versions (just experienced that last week on a
colleagues machine) which they are simply unable to resolve. Quote from my
colleague: "Wouldn't it be better to resume with that project in ArcGIS? I
fear that things will break and all work is lost"
Things don't work -> Open Source software is unreliable.
Linux users are much more used to hack around in the system (very steep
learning curve, and actually most people would like to work on their
machines and not hack them).
Even me as a "seasoned" Linux USER I am unable at the moment to get GRASS
running in the toolbox for 2.8 on Ubuntu, and installation instructions
are for some reason so much condensed into a few lines in the
documentation, with no troubleshooting section at all, that I can
understand the Windows users despair.
About the "selfishness" of developers: Completely accepted. But maybe
there is some way to break this a bit by bribing. There must be a way to
get more money into "user driven" projects by crowd funding, which would
also mean that someone also has to be paid to coordinate that.
Cheers
Bernd
Am 17.07.2015, 10:17 Uhr, schrieb Nathan Woodrow <madman...@gmail.com>:
The standalone is the same package as the osgeo4w one. Same layout same
software.
On Fri, 17 Jul 2015 6:15 pm Richard McDonnell <richard.mcdonn...@opw.ie>
wrote:
+1 to the idea of dumping the standalone, I don't think it ads any
functionality, only confusion!!
On 16/07/2015 19:46, Anita Graser
wrote:
On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 6:48 PM,
Werner Macho <werner.ma...@gmail.com>
wrote:
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Open-Source-Rawkonverter-Darktabl
e-Windows-Version-scheitert-an-mangelnder-Initiative-2750592.html
I fully agree with them.
+1
people using windows should
actually try make the update on windows "smoother" (isnt
it already
nice with OSGEO4W?)
I run QGIS on
Win7+8 wit OSGeo4W and on Ubuntu. In my opinion, the
Windows solution is almost easier to handle that the
repos on Ubuntu. Thanks Jürgen and whoever else is
involved!
I might even go
as far as say that it might be worth considering dumping
the stand-alone installer if it causes more issues than
it's worth.
Best wishes,
Anita
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