From: Ilias Lazaridis <ilias@...>
Date: 2011-06-11T20:10:32+09:00
Subject: Re: BARRIER - require "rubygems"

On 11 Éïýí, 06:35, Luis Lavena <luislav...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 10, 1:05 pm, Ilias Lazaridis <il...@lazaridis.com> wrote:
>
> > I see, possibly this should be enabled by default (a knowledgeable
> > user will take action and disable if he needs so)
>
> Defaults like file associations and editors are very subjective.
[...] - (expanding issue, getting personal)

No need to get personal or to extend the issue, it's very simple:

The fundamental user expectation is that it works out-of-the-box,
without any intervention.

And this is the major requirement to an installer.

Usually there is a choice, something like:

[X] Default Installation
[ ] Custom Installation

"Default Installation" does not mean "I don't touch anything".

It means "I take the necessary actions to make the product running on
this machine".

If a user wants to have more control over the installation, he selects
"Custom installation".

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