On Wed, 2010-04-21 at 12:31 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote:
On Wed, 2010-04-21 at 15:20 -0400, David Zeuthen wrote:
> There's a bunch of other reasons why "install XYZ when detecting ABC"
is
> a really bad idea (useless prompts asking "ABC was detected but you need
> XYZ to drive it" or "to install XYZ enter the ROOT password"). Again,
I
> urge you to examine a non-OEM version of Windows.
That was always how I would assume it would work. Of course it shouldn't
install software without asking the user first. A pop-up saying 'you
should probably install package XYZ to use your ABC' is clearly the only
sensible way to do it.
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I think David is saying that all these popups is a problem, not a
solution.
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