[indiana-discuss] [osol-discuss] I'm sorry, but I just don't get it

[Calum Benson]

On 5 Nov 2007, at 15:15, Steven Stallion wrote:

>
> Please correct me if I am wrong, but one of the primary goals of  
> the new
> installer is simplicity. Why go to the trouble of selecting a  
> runtime in
> the installation? I certainly would not want to instate a GNU  
> runtime for
> *every* user on the system.

Indeed, these sort of options sound better suited to somewhere like  
GNOME's user-admin preferences window, IMHO.  I suspect a sizable  
number of users would have insufficient knowledge to make an informed  
choice, or just no preference at all, when confronted with such a  
choice during installation (I count myself among them!).  And that's  
usually a sign that it's better just to pick a sensible default, but  
allow it to be over-ridden later.

Cheeri,
Calum.

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