Issue 20608 - Installer forces .kde and .gnome writing, almost 1MO wasted
Summary: Installer forces .kde and .gnome writing, almost 1MO wasted
Status: CLOSED WONT_FIX
Alias: None
Product: Installation
Classification: Application
Component: code (show other issues)
Version: OOo 1.1 RC5
Hardware: PC Linux, all
: P3 Trivial (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Olaf Felka
QA Contact: issues@installation
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Reported: 2003-10-02 16:10 UTC by Unknown
Modified: 2003-10-06 11:39 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Issue Type: DEFECT
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Description Unknown 2003-10-02 16:10:39 UTC 
I do not use and refuses to use kde nor gnome. Thus I have .gnome and .kde
unwritable directories in my home dir. OOo installer is unusable in this
configuration continuously asking to click for confirming I refuse writing there.
Trying to launch setup after removing thiose unxirtable directopries I fins 904
Kb in .kde and 44 in .gnome.

Installer should *not* force usere to accept such a wait, imagine if I were near
my quota ? 950 Kb is *huge* for unwanted files. Installer should write this ONLY
for user of those environments, therefore : not creating the directory, or
siulently discarding writes to them if they are unwritable.
Comment 1 khendricks 2003-10-02 16:57:51 UTC 
Hi,

Most Linux users want kde or gnome integration.  If you do not, simply DISABLE it by 
doing a custom installation.  See the setup-guide.pdf for more info on how to enable 
a custom instalaltion.

Hope this helps,

Kevin
Comment 2 Unknown 2003-10-02 18:10:38 UTC 
I doubt *most* unix user want both. Then the bug is that this
setup_guide.pdf is not even mentionned in the installatioin
instructions. And putting more than 900 Kb in a user directory without
him knowing it is form of DOS.

PS : set -h does *not* mention custom installation at all, the
setup_guide is *noit mentionned on werb page.
Comment 3 Olaf Felka 2003-10-02 21:02:27 UTC 
In times of 160 MB low cost hard drives it's hard to belive that you are reaching your 
quota if you use 1 MB more or less. Your problem iis eay to workaround: Choose use 
defined installtion type and deselect the Gnome and KDE modules. Setup -h shows only 
setup parameters. Setup_guide is part of the installation files. Be ashured that we 
won't change the behaviour for OOo 1.1.0. Most user use KDE or/and Gnome. Setup can't 
know which one is the prefered one.
For OOo 2.0 we will have the native installer for 
linux with a general systemwide integration.
Comment 4 Unknown 2003-10-03 06:48:12 UTC 
setup could at least not open a dialog box for each and every file it
tries to write in it if directoprys are *not* writable. I'll continue
to consider this as a bug. And installation instructions could
*mention* the existence of setup_guide. doing a ls on the hundreds of
unorganised files in OOo install dir is not a valid option.

And I note that for OOo, people not using a windows like interface are
shit.
Comment 5 Olaf Felka 2003-10-03 14:50:49 UTC 
"And I note that for OOo, people not using a windows like interface are
shit." What should be the deep thought of this sentence?
Comment 6 Olaf Felka 2003-10-06 11:39:59 UTC 
Closed.