Re: [pygtk] Installation problems win32
- From: Sven Neumann <sven gimp org>
- To: John Ehresman <jpe wingide com>
- Cc: gtk-devel-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: [pygtk] Installation problems win32
- Date: 17 Jun 2004 09:52:33 +0200
Hi,
John Ehresman <jpe wingide com> writes:
> Sven Neumann wrote:
> > So you are seriously suggesting that each and every GTK+ application
> > on Win32 comes with an installer that includes it's own copy of GTK+?
>
> Yes I am. Consider it from a user's point of view: I hear about the
> new application which might help me, so I go to the website and
> download the installer. When I click on the installer, it tells me I
> need to go off to another site and download something called a gtk+
> runtime. At this point, there's a decent chance that I'll lose
> interest and go find something else to do.
So you prefer that people will get the impression that GTK+ apps are
large on disk space and RAM usage? I don't think that's desirable and
I also don't think that installing two packages (for the first GTK+
app, just one for every other) is asked too much.
Sven
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