http://johnmcfadyen.spaces.live.com/
2008/5/15 Holmgren Mathias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > Don't blame the tools as there are plenty of people out there using
> these tools and making them work seemlessly and quickly on a day to day
> basis.
>
>
>
> Well, you can't just disregard the large majority of people who are
> struggling a lot with this. And you can't disregard the "developer
> perspective", because developers are the people that have to deal with this.
>
>
>
> Sure, one part of the story is about expectations and the learning curve of
> installation. Before building an installation package, you expect it to be
> pretty easy, like a couple of days work. Then when you start doing it you
> find out that the level of investment necessary to complete a working real
> world installer is not 10 but maybe 100 times greater than what you
> expected, or more (yes, for real, I'm not making this up). And we are
> talking very experienced people here, not rookie devs.
>
>
>
> Having to invest your time so heavily to get so little tangible result back
> is a shock to most people. And when all the bumps, twists and turns of the
> technology are added on top of that learning process there will be
> frustration.
>
>
>
> Now, I'm not much for nursing cry baby mentality either. It will get you
> nowhere. But I do feel that there is a case to be made here about not
> putting up with things that are overburdening. This is the other part of the
> story.
>
>
>
> If the tools can be improved to make installation simpler, why settle for
> less?
>
> Or are installer technology and the tools already as good as they can ever
> become?
>
>
>
> No. Identify the stuff that can be made easier with better tools. Reduce
> some of the burden of that complexity you are referring to and streamline
> the more common stories to ease the learning curve. That's what should be
> done.
>
>
>
> > http://john.mcfadyen.spaces.live.com
>
>
>
> Domain lookup of that comes up blank. Do you have another link? I sure
> could use some info on those undocumented features.
>
>
>
> /Mathias
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft
> Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008.
> http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/
> _______________________________________________
> WiX-users mailing list
> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
>
>
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft
Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008.
http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/
_______________________________________________
WiX-users mailing list
WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
