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Re: Prefab Program Selections (was: RE: Regrouping on "installation profile" idea)
On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 01:51:24AM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 10:43:11PM -0600, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote:
> >"Prefab Program Selections"
> >
> >? It still has that Unix ugly to it, but it actually says what it means and
> >means what it says, so everybody wins.
>
> I like "selections" but I don't like "prefab". And, right now, I think that
> Igor was telling me that you can't do something like:
>
> Prefab Program Selections
> C Development
> X Desktop
> ...
>
> Because setup.exe can't handle that.
>
> So, it would have to be:
>
> C Development Prefab Program Selection
> X Desktop Prefab Program Selection
> ...
>
> which is a little wordy.
>
> I do think we want to convey that these are optional easy-to-use selections
> which will pull in all of the programs required for a standard "use case"
> (as they like to say where I work).
>
> How about "standard selection"?
>
> C Development Standard Selection
> X Desktop Standard Selection
> ...
>
> Bleah. I don't know. Maybe it just can't be properly conveyed without
> all sorts of flashy gui balloons and help.
>
How about 'Bundle' ?
Tim.
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