0.94 first impressions

[Andy Green]

On Friday 26 September 2003 21:30, Stephan Schutter wrote:

> I vote that the installer PnP all the hardware. Full stop. Why
> would you not want to do that????? If  the hardware is there... it
> is probably for a reason.

Yeah... but what's so special about the set of hardware that was 
attached at install-time?  Install time was the smallest fragment of 
time that the OS is going to be on the machine.  The rest of the time 
you will be swapping hardware and adding new stuff.

So its better that the focus is on automated hardware detection and 
usage post-install, since that is when it is most needed.... so why 
have th artificial install/post-install distinction at all?

Michael's concept is to make the thinnest possible install action and 
invest the rest of the work in a generic "PnP implementation" (in 
your terms) which works just as well two years down the line as it 
does on install day.

I think that is what you are voting for!

-Andy