Or at least the nabble group for the Flex Users. It's much easier to deal with in a graphical thread form.
-Mark -----Original Message----- From: Dany Dhondt [mailto:archeme...@mac.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 12:44 PM To: dev@flex.apache.org Subject: Re: [Installer] Should the log file be "user friendly" if the user@ list is meant for getting help, then we might promote this more? Dany Dhondt archeme...@mac.com Op 11-feb.-2014, om 18:41 heeft Lee Burrows <subscripti...@leeburrows.com> het volgende geschreven: > Maybe just display a message upon installation. eg: "thanks for downloading. > get involved [link]. find out more [link]" > > On 11/02/2014 17:27, Dany Dhondt wrote: >> IMHO, inviting flex users to the dev list might not work, because of the >> highly technical discussions there. >> Most people will get overwhelmed with the list traffic I think. >> An installer should just do what we expect: install the sdk, no? >> The 'how to get involved' is easy to find on our site. >> >> Also, too many people on the dev list might use it as a help line, which >> isn't its purpose. >> Is there a possibility to have our own 'help' list or forum or is the adobe >> forum still the preferred place to be? >> >> Sincerely >> >> Dany Dhondt >> archeme...@mac.com >> >> >> >> Op 11-feb.-2014, om 18:08 heeft Kessler CTR Mark J >> <mark.kessler....@usmc.mil> het volgende geschreven: >> >>>> we don't have anywhere near that many people on the mailing lists. >>> Should we provide a link to subscribe to the mailing lists from the >>> installer? Such as if they pick the dev branch or nightly's ? >>> >>> >>> -Mark >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Justin Mclean [mailto:jus...@classsoftware.com] >>> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 6:42 PM >>> To: dev@flex.apache.org >>> Subject: Re: [Installer] Should the log file be "user friendly" >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>>> For #1, we could just add more "echo" statements and have the installer >>>> only log echo statements. >>> That would certainly help. >>> >>>> Or to only fix #2, we could tweak some ant target names to make it clear >>>> they are conditional such as "air-setup-win-if-on-windows". >>> Why not just not log them in the installers log? >>> >>>> I would expect them to contact the users list and we'd still help them >>>> there. >>> We've had 20,000+ installs of the SDK via the installer - we don't have >>> anywhere near that many people on the mailing lists. I think a little >>> caution is prudent here. the installer is the first thing a user will use >>> when trying to installer the SDK. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Justin >> > > > -- > Lee Burrows > ActionScripter >
