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Re: Uber-install (was Re: Organizing the Site Revamp)
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Wed, 10 Feb 1999 22:26:19 GMT
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jsproat@geocities.*NoMoreSpam*com
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Steve Bliss wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Feb 1999 16:26:58 GMT, Sproaticus <jsproat@geocities.com>
> wrote:
> > Which would basically be "download LDRAW.EXE and all the LCAD updates"
> And (potentially) splitmpd, l3p, and ldscript. Any others I'm
> forgetting?
I personally don't use these tools. Thus, I would be unlikely to want to
download them if I were surfing via modem.
Hmmm... I might be muddling things. My point is this: Let the main
archive, parts updates, and separate tools be available separately as well
as in a big install.
> Right, except why include the Win32 programs for people who can't use
> them? Most of the huge-o programs (LDAO) are 32-bit. It's not a big
> deal on CD distributions, but for downloading, saving a couple of MB is
> important.
See my point above. If someone is going to download the Uberinstall (as
opposed to separate files), a couple of MB may not matter. Another possible
solution is to make the Uberinstall modular; e.g. it would offer to install
LDAO if the LDAO archive was in the current dir, same for LDS, LDLite, etc.
> How does this sound, for a full-blown, Windows-based install script:
> [...]
> I wonder how you prevent duplicate entries in autoexec.bat?
This could all be easily implemented in a Perl script. A minimal Perl
engine, uncompressed, will fit on a 1.44 Mb floppy.
> Anyone want to develop a working, DOS-based, Makelist?
Got one, wrote it in Perl. Urm, make that Win32 Perl. :-P I haven't
tested it on the DOS Perl compiled with DJGPP. Perhaps this upcoming
weekend.
Cheers,
- jsproat
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 | | Re: Uber-install (was Re: Organizing the Site Revamp)
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| (...) Just to create some facts & data to work from, I created zip files containing various parts of the whole LDraw family. Here's what I got: Original LDraw and all parts: 2.1MB +DOS tools: 2.3MB +Win32 tools: 4.8MB (not including L3PAO & its (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) And (potentially) splitmpd, l3p, and ldscript. Any others I'm forgetting? (...) Right, except why include the Win32 programs for people who can't use them? Most of the huge-o programs (LDAO) are 32-bit. It's not a big deal on CD distributions, (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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