[phorm] [Phorm:] Re: Installation Feedback

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  • Date: 26 Jul 2004 20:18:43 -0000

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  MESSAGE:  (#4222) Re: Installation Feedback 
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  AUTHOR:   WGreyHawk 
  DATE:     July 26, 2004 at 4:18 p.m. EST 

  Reply To: (#4214) Installation Feedback 
  Author:   Holotech 
  Date:     July 26, 2004 at 8:49 a.m. EST 

When I've installed other PHP programs, some authors have spelled out in the 
documentation (install.txt, etc.) what exactly needs to be uploaded, what 
needs to be deleted after installation, etc. 

> OK, maybe you folks can help me out here. I get a lot 
> of questions about "What should I install?" 
> or problems that indicate the person hasn't installed 
> the lib directory or some such thing. 

> I don't understand these questions and problems. When 
> I install a web program, I assume everything in the 
> distro is required or at least useful. I upload 
> everything. I would much rather do that than to spend 
> time sifting through all the files of an application I 
> know nothing about, thinking, "OK, what can I get 
> rid of?" Once it's up and running, obvious things 
> like READMEs (after they've been read), docs and 
> examples can be deleted, but I start out with 
> everything. 

> Am I unique in this? Is bandwidth so scarce that 
> uploading a few K makes a difference? 

> I'm not trying to be sarcastic or attacking here. I 
> honestly don't understand, and perhaps if I do, I can 
> add or change something that will make it easier for 
> users. 

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