Re: installation program

[Norman Stevens <norman arcady u-net com>]

On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Daniel Burrows wrote:

>   If I may be forgiven for contributing my two cents:
> 
>   On Linux systems, at least, Gnome does not need an installation tool--in
> fact, it would be inappropriate for Gnome to create one.  I already have an
> installation tool on my system which allows me to install, upgrade, and
> uninstall Gnome, it's called apt.  (For RedHat users: s/apt/rpmfind ;-) )
> For Gnome to *require* its own private installation method would be unfriendly
> to say the least; it should use native package managers whenever possible.
> 
>   On the other hand, I can imagine that some non-Linux systems without
> package management would benefit from this?  I didn't get the impression
> that that's what you were talking about though, apologies if you were.
> 
Perhaps the session manager could bring up the control center or
some other introductory application if there is no saved session
to restart.

Norman