[vlc] Re: Seperate installer for mozilla vlc plugin

[Romain Beauxis]

Le Mardi 10 Janvier 2006 18:00, Antoine Cellerier a écrit :
> You could also make an installer that checks for a previously installed
> VLC and installs the mozilla plugin if VLC was found, or just displays a
> message asking the user to download the full VLC installer if VLC
> wasn't found. That wouldn't be too hard, but i don't really see why
> you'd go through the hassle of doing that.

Yep you are right.
After all, I've just tested it on a windows friend, and well, I don't either 
see why the plugin should be proposed by default... Instead my friend had to 
redo the whole videolan installation, including removing the previous _same_ 
version, before he could have the plugin installed.

So yes, you might want to avoid the so called hassle of building a seperate 
instaler that check for a previous install.. ouch that would mean copy paste 
from the actual vlc installer.

But on the other hand, and more over because it is not proposed by default 
during the install, you can be sure that nearly no standard windows vlc user 
would have it installed, and yep, the hassle will be for them, downloading 
again the installer, rerunning it, and don't forget to check the little box 
called mozilla plugin...


My request was in order to help newbies and standard users to have it enabled 
since it is the only way to use this very good plugin not only for debian 
gurus that have a seperate package allready, but maybe the end user is not 
your point..


Excuse me for this way of saying things but I'm a bit upseted by your answer.



Romain
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