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Re: Time for a new DLL release
On Fri, Apr 28, 2000 at 02:31:20PM -0700, Mo DeJong wrote:
>If we could use RPMs to do the install, a GUI should be easy because it
>would just exec rpm. The only catch is how the system "knowns" what
>rpms need to be updated by new versions. We would need some automated
>way to figure this stuff out, it is not acceptable for people to "just
>know" which RPMS needed to be downloaded. At any rate, I am willing to
>help out on the GUI installer side.
Experience has shown me to run screaming in the other direction whenever
I hear someone say that "The GUI should just be easy."
cgf