From: Brandon J. V. E. <bva...@gm...> - 2005-09-25 09:49:51
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Leif W wrote: >> From: "Brandon J. Van Every" <bva...@gm...> >> Sent: 2005 September 25 Sunday 04:43 > > >> Since the installer is therefore pointless, shouldn't it be removed >> from the download area temporarily? Or does it work on some systems >> and not on others? > > > It does serve a purpose, though not as advertised. :) At the least > it lets people select file sets to download. But not without a long head scratctching learning curve, leading ultimately either to this mailing list or the bug database. This is much, much more time than it takes to learn how to download things manually. Although, another problem: http://www.mingw.org/download.shtml says the table formatting is broken, and it has been saying that for a very long time now. At first, people don't notice the small blurb about needing to go to the SF File Releases page. I think I went for months before I realized I wasn't supposed to download from the table. The table should be removed, leaving only a link to the Sourceforge Project page. > As for temporary removal, it's not my call to make. Who's is? On both issues. Removing these things would take little effort and would save a lot of newbies a lot of work. The downside is only that someone's ego might be bruised... but let's face it, these 2 things have been in disrepair for awhile now. Cheers, Brandon J. Van Every (cruise (director (of SeaFunc) '(Seattle Functional Programmers))) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SeaFunc |