http://winetricks.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/install-gecko.sh also installs mono

Dan Kegel dank at kegel.com
Mon Jun 4 08:24:26 CDT 2012


On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 12:05 AM, Frédéric Delanoy
<frederic.delanoy at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Wouldn't it be better (and more acceptable for people
>>> disliking/wanting to avoid mono) to
>>> - keep install-gecko.sh as is
>>> - create install-mono.sh
>>> - create wine-install-addons.sh calling the former
>>> ?
>>
>> The point of this script is to make life easier for me and
>> for the average user.  It's not to make life easier for
>> people who don't like mono, mostly because I doubt
>> there are many of them.
>
> My comment was not only meant for "mono-haters", but it can also be
> useful IMHO to split e.g. to limit download size.when one doesn't even
> need mono, and it maybe clearer as well ("addons" is pretty generic).

The script only has to be run once, so download size isn't really an
issue.  From the user's point of view, having a single script to
get rid of all the !#&# download prompts is ideal, and splitting
it would add complexity.
- Dan



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