Re: [Mingw-users] MinGW-4.1.1.exe downloads but does not install

[Brandon J. V. E. <bva...@gm...>]

amores perros wrote:

>> From: "Brandon J. Van Every" Reply-To: mailing list
>>
>> 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 may serve the purpose of driving away those who are not
> sufficiently committed to continue trying after wasting hours
> downloading the 20+ tarballs, only to have the installer
> delete them all -- so that it separates the newbies into the
> groups of those who are either on broadband, and willing
> to continue after the main installer fails, or who are on
> dialup and REALLY committed and willing to spend
> hours more, from the newbies who lack the gumption
> to push through the apparent brokenness in pursuit
> of hope.
>
Acknowledging that we're discussing a moot issue, I will ask: do you 
think that's a good thing or a bad thing?  Also, do you think it's 
consistent with attempting to provide installation software in the first 
place?

Cheers,
Brandon J. Van Every
    (cruise (director (of SeaFunc)
            '(Seattle Functional Programmers)))
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SeaFunc