[iyonix-support] Re: Problem installing Firefox-2-r2

On 13 Mar, Jeremy Brayshaw <jeremy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Ah, now I begin to understand. You want people to see a tantalising 
> glimpse of your software, but then to make it is so difficult to get 
> working without "packaging" that they all cry out "We want packaging".

Just one aspect as I understand it.
Each time these things come up people seem to focus on just the one aspect
without looking at the overall.

> However good (or bad) "packaging" might be, I'm not sure deliberately 
> making software difficult to use without it is the best way to 
> convince people. I seem to recall 'packaging' has been discussed many 
> times at length in the forums, and not everyone seemed to agree with 
> your view of how important it is. I don't think using brute force to 
> impose your views on people is the best way to go about things, but 
> maybe it will work.

The problem being that people (again) focus on one aspect - in this case
the perceived shortcomings of the packaging. Did anyone try to help to
improve the packaging or did they try to "re-invent the wheel"?

> To return to your analogy of a water supply miles away. The reason I, 
> and many like me, carry buckets of water back and forth is because not 
> only do we not have a pipe, but we also wouldn't know how to construct 
> the pipeline. I, for one, welcome Paul's efforts to produce a 
> 'conveyor belt' for these buckets.

There is a saying about giving a man a fish and feeding him for a day, but
give him a rod and line and teach him to fish and you feed him for a
lifetime. Paul was handing out fish.

My 2 pennorth.
I will not contribute further in this thread.

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Steve Pampling
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