[lazarus] New Win32 Installer Now Available!!!

[michael at tfdec1.fys.kuleuven.ac.be]

On Sat, 17 Jul 1999, Michael A. Hess wrote:

> michael at tfdec1.fys.kuleuven.ac.be wrote:
> > 
> > Yes, but you must adhere to Unix philosophy : You jus DON'T put the
> > files wherever you want; one of the nice things about unix is that you
> > KNOW where everything is !
> > 
> > If everybody starts craeting packages that install themselves God
> > knows where, we're right back on Dos and Windows.
> > 
> > This is the very reason the File Hierarchy Standard was created; so
> > you KNOW where to put your files.
> > 
> > So in that respect, RPM does it's job quite well;
> 
> Oh I agree. Where I have a problem with it is usually when installing
> source code and not binaries. When it is binaries I like that it puts it
> where it wants it and things work. With source code I usually want to
> put it in some out of the way place where I keep my source code for
> messing around with. I don't always like were RPM is setup to put source
> code. That is when I'd rather use tarballs. So what I am looking for is
> some sort of middle ground, flexibility when it is allowed but ridged
> control when required.
>  
> > Usually it boils down to downloading the sources and doing everything
> > myself, so I'm in full control. But then, this is not really an option
> > for 99% of the people, hence RPM is a good idea.
> 
> And until it can satisfy a large portion of those 99% of people Linux
> will always just linger on the fringe of acceptability.
> 
> I think FPC and Lazarus is one of the big steps across that fringe.

I sure hope so. In the early days of Free Pascal (version 0.9.6, ages ago), 
I wrote a graphical installer that worked on X-forms. Worked pretty good;
maybe I should dig up the sources somewhere once more.

Michael.