Re: [Opencd-devel] TheOpenCD Installer v0.1 demo

[Henrik N. O. <h....@bt...>]

On Sun, 2002-06-16 at 22:39, Mike wrote:
> I think we are shooting off in to many different directions with no 
> guidance (no offense to anyone)
> 
> Has anyone had any luck with getting a hacked K-Meleon (or other) running 
> off a CD? If not perhaps a quick hack at a Gecko implementation will get us 
> there?  As far as getting the .exe file actually executed from a HTML link 
> there are a few ways to do it, with a quick plug-in and/or other methods (I 
> have a couple app. CD's that do something similar)

Yes, so these are the 2 big technical questions.  The case is that no
one has yet reported any progress on hacking a Gecko browser in this
way.  

> Then I (and/or whoever else) can focus on getting the installers pages/GUI 
> sorted out while someone hacks away at that to make it clean and usable. - 
> Everyone can proceed the same direction.

Well, it's not as bad as it seems.  If we stick to the idea of making
all the documentation, install help, etc. in HTML, then people can start
working on that, independently of what the final form the installer will
take.  Indeed, I believe people have already started working on the HTML
stuff.  So, in worst case, we'll have two teams on the technical side
for a while, one one a Gecko version, and one on Jon's version. Jon says
that he will try to incorporate the suggested changes in the next
version.  At that point, we have a simple installer that works, even if
it's not integrated in a browser.  I agree that a Gecko installer would
be ideal, but as this project hasn't started yet, we don't know how long
it might take.  There are many good reasons for striving to make the
Aug. 15th release date, including the start of school/university and for
the sake of preserving the project momentum.  

So, in short I disagree with your opening statement that we are
branching off too much.  I agree that we are branching off a bit, and
that often this is unwise, but I also think that it's not as fragmented
as it might seem, and that in this particular case, it might be a wise
strategic move :)


> If nobody has gotten anywhere with the a hacked browser running from a CD I 
> can ask a few people to take a crack at it (pretty sure it can be done).

Great if you have some C++ friends who can have a crack at it.  I agree
that it shouldn't be too hard for someone who already knows their way
around Gecko code.  Alternatively, perhaps we should announce ourselves
on Freshmeat or post a developer request on SourceForge?


- Henrik


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