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Re: [PATCH] setup.exe
On 1/21/13, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 04:03:04PM +0900, green fox wrote:
>>On 1/20/13, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>>What *specifically* do you really like?
>>
>>+1 for being able to specify custom setup.ini Not a happy moment when
>>you realize some package is missing, having spent 2 housr to distribute
>>the blob on the network.
>
> If you are missing a package then sending out a new setup.ini which
> includes the missing package should fix the problem. I don't see how
> being able to specify something other than setup.ini helps.
>
> Btw, I'm not looking for votes. I'm looking for explanations for why
> this option is useful. It seems like the described functionality could
> be handled with just a shell script wrapper.
>
> cgf
>
Because we do not have a decent package manager
fox