Re: policy changes toward Non-Interactive installation
>>"Decklin" == Decklin Foster <decklin@red-bean.com> writes:
Decklin> Brian May writes:
>> Just curious, why does realplayer have to do it in the postinst
>> script?
Decklin> Binaries need to be downloaded from Real and we can't redistribute
Decklin> them. The user also has to fill out 'personal information' to be able
Decklin> to access the required files.
Actually, this is a particular irritant. Why does it have to
be done in the postinst? Why can't I have /usr/sbin/inst-realplayer?
So I can download and install at my leaisure, and I do not have to
reinstall realplayer installer to get a new copy? Or have the stupid
thing want to connect out every time there is a minor upgrade to the
installer?
I would much prefer a installer script rather than an
installer package which does it in postinst. Actually, this itch may
have gotten to the point I want to do something about it, if the
maintainers of realplayer are averse to this change.
manoj
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