Bugzilla @ MySQL Conference - booth report

[byron]

> > On the support list, I've been noticing most of the installation
> > questions come from Windows users. Do other people sense that too?
> 
> Yes, and that's mostly because we come from a Linux background.
> That is, to us it's natural to install a bunch of dependencies like
> MySQL, Apache, and perl, because those will probably already be on our
> systems anyway and if they're not, they're available through the
> package manager.

agreed; windows users are used to a simple wizard based installer.  this
won't be possible with bugzilla due to licensing restrictions - you can't
redistribute mysql unless it's packaged with a GPL product.


i guess it would be possible to create an gui based installer for
windows that prompted you at the appropiate times, and shelled out to
install the required modules as required...  a stub installer that
downloaded the latest versions as required.  my only concern about that
would be the ongoing support required to maintain it.



-byron

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