[haiku-development] Re: alpha release window ?
- From: PulkoMandy <pulkomandy@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:16:02 +0200
> In the meantime if one could make Expander recognize
> zip files meant for /boot/ (by content inspection, a
> certain file, or a non-zip filename extension) it could
> nudge a person to expand to the right destination path.
>
> By showing a BAlert explaining where the zip has to go,
> offering to do so, and promising a package manager some
> time in the future, this would help newcomers install
> optional packages, edutaining them a little, and would
> ease the minds of those expecting a package manager.
This is not R1. Its an alpha. Its not meant for normal users but for
devs knowing the internals of the system. Either finish the package
manager or do nothing, but don't spend time adding such temporary
features that will be removed later. The alpha is a step towards R1,
not a goal by itself.
--
Adrien Destugues / PulkoMandy
Elève ingénieur ENSSAT EII1- www.enssat.fr
GSoC student for Haiku - http://haiku-os.org
GrafX2 project team - http://code.google.com/p/grafx2
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