[MPlayer-users] Why not make an installer?

[Attila Kinali]

On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 00:31:21 +0200
Martin <lagitus at mbnet.fi> wrote:

> OK. You've convinced me :-). Perhaps a GUI installer is not necessary but 
> solving other problems that often arise from the configure/make procedure 
> should be dealt with. IMO there are two places for improvement: configure 
> failing and getting the correct codecs in the correct places with minimal 
> confusion. If configure/make worked every time and finding a single 
> collection of working codecs (with no overlapping file names in different 
> bzips) were made easier then perhaps that is all the user friendliness that 
> is needed.

If you have problems with ./configure or know a way to improve it, just
let us know.

> 
> Why not make a package (at least for stable releases) that has a default GUI, 
> font and all the codecs included and the maybe configure building GUI support 
> by default? That would make installation a lot easier and faster. More 
> experienced users who want a faster download can always use the standard 
> package or CVS.

That could be done....


> I don't know much about the other distros but e.g. SuSE can't include most 
> codecs due to licensing issues. That is why an easy to install codec add-on 
> packs would be good (perhaps even featuring an installation script).

Yes, they all fear legal issues because they are a comercial entity
with a well known address.

> 
> There is of course the question of what kind of users you want for Linux. Are 
> users who are too lazy or ignorant to RTFM "worthy" of using Linux? I agree 
> that helping n00bs can be very frustrating and having more of them seems like 
> a nightmare. On the other hand this would be a relatively easy way to gain 
> users which in turn would lead to better overall support for Linux. 
> Installing MPlayer is an essential step for every new Linux user.

I dont mind any newbies, i didnt forget that i was one myself.
What i mind are people who refuse to learn, people who want
everything ready to use no matter whether it really fits or not.


> P.S.
> If I'm wasting your time just tell me and I'll go away.

Well, if i would thing like that i would just ignore you.

			Attila Kinali

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