Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 13:29:00 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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On Tue, 13 Apr 1999 Kbwms AT aol DOT com wrote:

> > But this is exactly the challenge of writing a good installer: how do
> > you _handle_ all these complexities in a reasonable way that makes
> > most users happy.  If we think that this undertaking is too dangerous,
> > let's just quit now and not make the situation worse.
> 
> So, if some users are unhappy, that's okay, is it?

No, it is not okay.  I would prefer that everybody be happy, with the
installer at least.

But I simply don't believe it is possible to solve this problem for
every weird system configuration out there.  Ideally, we should be at
least able to test whether the changes worked, and if not, alert the
user.