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== Long time goals == | |||
*Give more meaningful installation progress: show the whole data size to be downloaded, show download speed calculated over the whole duration, estimate time needed for the whole installation to complete | |||
*Centralize redistributable Qt and KDE files around the KDEWin-Installer (putting location in PATH?) | |||
*Allow third party KDE/Qt app to reuse the installer to check if all their dependencies are already installed, and download where necessary | |||
*Polish the installer to look and behave like other installers on Windows, including customizable app specific branding with all packages and dependency resolution hidden from the user | |||
*Specify human readable installation configuration file containing all the customizing options for third party app developers, allowing running KDEWin-Installer from this file locally or from the net as 1-click-install solution | |||
*Aggressively promote KDEWin-Installer as *the* one stop KDE/Qt software distribution solution on Windows systems | |||
Revision as of 10:49, 2 May 2009
Issues
Issues that should be considered for the KDEWin-Installer:
- currently no issues known
Wishes
- Add a search bar for the packages
- Select All Packages button or Right Click Entry
Long time goals
- Give more meaningful installation progress: show the whole data size to be downloaded, show download speed calculated over the whole duration, estimate time needed for the whole installation to complete
- Centralize redistributable Qt and KDE files around the KDEWin-Installer (putting location in PATH?)
- Allow third party KDE/Qt app to reuse the installer to check if all their dependencies are already installed, and download where necessary
- Polish the installer to look and behave like other installers on Windows, including customizable app specific branding with all packages and dependency resolution hidden from the user
- Specify human readable installation configuration file containing all the customizing options for third party app developers, allowing running KDEWin-Installer from this file locally or from the net as 1-click-install solution
- Aggressively promote KDEWin-Installer as *the* one stop KDE/Qt software distribution solution on Windows systems