[openbeos] Re: on SoftwareValet for OBOS
- From: "Daniel Reinhold" <danielr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 14:46:14 CST
>
>>Something else that was being thrown out was the notion of an install
>>tool that can automagically go to the net to find updates. This is a
>>cool capability to have, and maybe we could lobby OmicronSoft to add
>it
>>to their EasyInstall. For OpenBeOS, however, I think we could
>probably
>>get away with a made-for-purpose tool similar to OTUpdater (or
>whatever
>>it's called).
>
>And it would also be nice if there are update plugins - for the most
>part this would be one add-on which connects to something like BeBits;
>but we shouldn't focus on this but should also provide a CVS add-on,
or
>application defined add-ons.
>
>Just have one installer application to handle them all in a common
way.
>
>Adios...
> Axel.
I've stayed out of this discussion up til now, but I want to make a
comment. Installers should have NOTHING to do with CVS. We will offer
binary distros of OBOS in a friendly format. If someone *wants* to see
the source code, then, yes, the CVS repos is there for anyone. But
we're not Linux/Unix -- i.e. download the OS source code and compile it
yourself. And end user should never even see the term CVS anywhere in
an installation -- it's not a part of his universe.
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