From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows 98; T312461) Description of problem: right now, the package installation is far too complex for an enduser used to the windows environment. selecting your software should be just that, picking the programs _by name_ and installing them. someone who doesn't understand what library files are shouldn't have to wonder if they should be installing them as well. for example, the end user should be able to select kde a kde gui and ask for all relevent packages, but they should also be able to say "include konqueror and lynx, and no other ftp programs". instead of what we have now, an ambiguous list of "internet applications" including cryptic names for programs i *think* i don't need. if the installer is to be an easy thing, then i should be able to select the programs by name, as they are sorted by type: web apps -browsing .mozilla .netscrape .konqueror .galleon .lynx .links -email .evolution .kmail .pine .elm -ftp .ncftp .gftp .krusader productivity -office .star office .koffice -accessories .calc .korganiser etc. etc. nothing else needs to appear on the list, and all required packages should be installed as needed. this would of course only be an option, and not the *only* form of installation. one should be able to select individual packages before/after the simple install, it's just that the simple install would give you a little more configurability than what we have now: gui kde gnome networking yes no games yes no ... it's _too_ simple. and in order to get specific programs, i have to know the names of each one, AND know their associated lib, devel files... no one should be expected to understand if they need libxxxx.so.n just to check their email and write a few letters. i hope i'm making sense Additional info: i've made postings to enigma-list about this and was encouraged to put all of my thoughts here... checking the list archives might better describe what i'm trying to say. the subject header was "next release of redhat installer" (lowercased) and took place beween jan30 - jan31 2002.
Deferring to future release.
Changed to 'CLOSED' state since 'RESOLVED' has been deprecated.