spin kickstart/minimization cleanups

[Bastien Nocera]

On Wed, 2010-04-21 at 12:50 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-04-21 at 15:40 -0400, Bill Nottingham wrote:
> > Adam Williamson (awilliam at redhat.com) said: 
> > > > Given that this is a remote programming tool (as opposed to a tool for
> > > > *using* the remote), it's likely to be special.
> > > 
> > > Guessing isn't always a good idea. =) You can't use a Harmony remote
> > > without programming it; out of the box they do absolutely nothing. You
> > > have to 'program' it for the actual components you want it to control.
> > > Concordance does this.
> > 
> > I know what it is. What I mean is that concordance isn't a tool for
> > letting you use the remote as a peripheral with the OS. It's the equivalent
> > of a JTAG programmer.
> 
> That's hair-splitting. Ultimately the problem is the same. If you buy a
> Harmony and you have Windows or OS X, you're fine. It comes with a
> software disc and instructions on what to do; it's obvious how to set it
> up. If you use Linux, it's not at all obvious; there is software but you
> have to find that out and install it yourself. If you just plug it into
> your system, nothing at all happens, and it's easy to conclude there's
> no way to use it. It would clearly be much better if, when you plugged
> in the remote to your Linux system, something notified you that software
> is available to let you do what you need to do with it. Same experience
> as with a 'peripheral'.

If that software was even integrated into the desktop, you might have a
point. As it is, it integrates in nothing. At least, if the user did a
search on the net, they'd get clues, and read documentation about how to
use it.