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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Announcement: Rockbox installer for WindowsRe: Announcement: Rockbox installer for Windows
From: Neon John <johngd_at_bellsouth.net>
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 17:30:39 -0400 On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 06:03:26 -0400, "Aman Singer" <aman_at_asinger.net> wrote: >Insomnia at 10:00 in the morning, Christie? <laugh>. Seriously, though, this >is a great idea. The number of people who don't know, it seems, how to unzip >the whole file, or put the contents of .rockbox in the root of the machine >is astounding. Very nice work. Now if only you could identify which rockbox >model people had, which drive letter it's on, and which computer on the >network it was connected to... <laugh>. >It works well on my original recorder and my player. > Nice work. What a great idea. Here is a feature that is badly needed for subsequent uses after the first install. The installer needs to know the difference between essential and optional files and not install optional files that are not already on the target jukebox. Here's why. On my jukeboxes I've removed all non-essential files in .rockbox. The initial reason, to save a little space, isn't an issue anymore with the 80 gb drive. But the second reason, to unclutter the screen when navigating around, is. I have one font file, one language file, only a few rocks and no help files. I don't want to have to figure out what I need and what I don't each time I install a new build. Currently I have to do that manually every time a new build that changes the structure of .rockbox is released. I have to extract to a different location and then pick through .rockbox to figure out what the changers are and what changes are necessary. An install script that knew which files were vital and which were optional and installed only upgrades of already-existing files would be really nice. The installer could make an early switch between "new install or unchanged re-install" and "custom/modified installation" and proceed from there. John --- John De Armond johngdDONTYOUDARE_at_bellsouth.net http://bellsouthpwp.net/j/o/johngd/ Cleveland, Occupied TN _______________________________________________ http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockboxReceived on 2004-06-27 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |