[New: openFATE 309179] Completely Remove the in WindowsⓇ Installer
Feature added by: Carl Fletcher (caf4926) Feature #309179, revision 1 Title: Completely Remove the in WindowsⓇ Installer openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Carl Fletcher (caf4926) Description: Please for heavens sake remove the installer that can be run from inside the WindowsⓇ OS. That, or make it idiot proof and 100% dork proof. I lost count way back in 11.0 of folk who have hosed their sysytem with this installer! It needs to work, without fail or you are just giving a really bad image to openSUSE. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309179
Feature changed by: david henry (dvhenry) Feature #309179, revision 2 Title: Completely Remove the in WindowsⓇ Installer openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Carl Fletcher (caf4926) Description: Please for heavens sake remove the installer that can be run from inside the WindowsⓇ OS. That, or make it idiot proof and 100% dork proof. I lost count way back in 11.0 of folk who have hosed their sysytem with this installer! It needs to work, without fail or you are just giving a really bad image to openSUSE. + Discussion: + #1: david henry (dvhenry) (2010-03-12 16:29:25) + I fully agree ,The new users (who are not aware, and do not understand + Linux) can be discouraged by the reception they get when some of the + problems occur, + Actually I will cut this short ,if it needs to be there, please hide + the option well from new users. + -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309179
Feature changed by: Andreas Jaeger (a_jaeger) Feature #309179, revision 3 Title: Completely Remove the in WindowsⓇ Installer openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Carl Fletcher (caf4926) Description: Please for heavens sake remove the installer that can be run from inside the WindowsⓇ OS. - That, or make it idiot proof and 100% dork proof. - I lost count way back in 11.0 of folk who have hosed their sysytem with this installer! It needs to work, without fail or you are just giving a really bad image to openSUSE. Discussion: #1: david henry (dvhenry) (2010-03-12 16:29:25) I fully agree ,The new users (who are not aware, and do not understand Linux) can be discouraged by the reception they get when some of the problems occur, Actually I will cut this short ,if it needs to be there, please hide the option well from new users. - + #2: Andreas Jaeger (a_jaeger) (2010-03-30 16:32:44) + Could you point me to some bugreports or reports? -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309179
Feature changed by: Thomas Schmidt (digitaltomm) Feature #309179, revision 4 Title: Completely Remove the in WindowsⓇ Installer - openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed + openSUSE-11.3: Rejected by Thomas Schmidt (digitaltomm) + reject reason: 11.3 is already released. Please open bug reports for + issues with the installer, so they can be addressed individually, + thanks. Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Carl Fletcher (caf4926) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Please for heavens sake remove the installer that can be run from inside the WindowsⓇ OS. That, or make it idiot proof and 100% dork proof. I lost count way back in 11.0 of folk who have hosed their sysytem with this installer! It needs to work, without fail or you are just giving a really bad image to openSUSE. Discussion: #1: david henry (dvhenry) (2010-03-12 16:29:25) I fully agree ,The new users (who are not aware, and do not understand Linux) can be discouraged by the reception they get when some of the problems occur, Actually I will cut this short ,if it needs to be there, please hide the option well from new users. #2: Andreas Jaeger (a_jaeger) (2010-03-30 16:32:44) Could you point me to some bugreports or reports? -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309179
Feature changed by: Carl Fletcher (caf4926) Feature #309179, revision 5 Title: Completely Remove the in WindowsⓇ Installer openSUSE-11.3: Rejected by Thomas Schmidt (digitaltomm) reject reason: 11.3 is already released. Please open bug reports for issues with the installer, so they can be addressed individually, thanks. Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Carl Fletcher (caf4926) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Please for heavens sake remove the installer that can be run from inside the WindowsⓇ OS. That, or make it idiot proof and 100% dork proof. I lost count way back in 11.0 of folk who have hosed their sysytem with this installer! It needs to work, without fail or you are just giving a really bad image to openSUSE. Discussion: #1: david henry (dvhenry) (2010-03-12 16:29:25) I fully agree ,The new users (who are not aware, and do not understand Linux) can be discouraged by the reception they get when some of the problems occur, Actually I will cut this short ,if it needs to be there, please hide the option well from new users. #2: Andreas Jaeger (a_jaeger) (2010-03-30 16:32:44) Could you point me to some bugreports or reports? + #3: Carl Fletcher (caf4926) (2010-11-24 17:08:14) (reply to #2) + No. + I didn't say it was buggy. Just 'F'in useless. + + Most of the time, after running it, when they boot up, folks end up + where all they can get is the installer + Here is an old example I had bookmarked + http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-help-here/install-boot-login/404589-u... + We had plenty since, I just don't keep a log of them. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309179
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