Re: [Gnumed-devel] Re: previous postings to do with installers

[Jim Busser]

On Jun 18, 2004, at 8:57 PM, Ian Haywood wrote:
> ...automatic dependency-resolver...
> ...Presumably those users accepted that deficiency when making their 
> selection ;-)

Well, developers may have knowingly made that choice, but I doubt the 
view can be extended to "most" eventual users of GnuMed

> What the Mac guys really want of course is a single 20 meg zip that 
> contains gnumed plus binaries of python, wxpython and postgres:

FWIW, my motivation in posting has not been to seek (solely or even 
primarily) an installer solution for Mac users. Rather it is to try to 
get the group to gel on any approach(es) that could achieve, across 
platforms & distros:

... where feasible:

- consistency in the installation steps
- consistency in the installation documentation
- multi-purposing the same code (scripts) where it can be useful across 
multiple distros or OSs

Basically I am looking to reduce the project's net work (where 
feasible), as well as any *needless* inconsistency in information among 
numerous approaches.