Re: [NTG-context] [t-rst] inclusion into Minimals, i. e. installation using `./first-setup.sh --extras='t-rst'`

On 2011-05-08 Mojca Miklavec wrote:

On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 19:36, Hans Hagen wrote:

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On 8-5-2011 4:56, Arthur Reutenauer wrote:

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Another option could be to use a http browser, using Hans' mtxrun web server and client? That is pure lua, but of course it is not available until after installation of context.

  We could bootstrap the system by first downloading only the necessary pieces, like is done for the Minimals.  It should only need half a dozen files.  But all that needs to be actually developed, of course.

can someone remind me what problem we're trying to solve here?

Having a GUI installer for the minimals (to make it more user-friendly and enable the user to choose what modules and fonts to install).

Just a (maybe stupid) idea: What about making the existing windows GUI install and/or update all available modules/fonts, since most windows users don't care about a few hundred MiB disk space. Second, creating a repository for Debian/Ubuntu that enables Linux users to install the minimals using the system package manager. It's easy to create a package for the modules. I have no idea how package management works for MacOS, if something like repositories exist or how software is installed/updated. And leave the existing interface for the other platforms, since the vast majority uses either Linux, Windows or MacOS. Marco