[REBOL] Re: even further ... Re: Introducing REBOL/Base - FAQ
From: carl:cybercraft at: 30-Sep-2002 20:47
On 30-Sep-02, Petr Krenzelok wrote:
> Carl Read wrote:
>> On 30-Sep-02, Mike Hansen wrote:
>>
>>> Why not have one version but allow for removing
>>> components? Then the average user just has one
>>> downlad and no work to do, but 'power' users can
>>> customize their install to trim it for their
>>> specific purposes. At least you'd know that most
>>> people could run your script without additional
>>> effort. And the assumption would be if you knew
>>> enough to remove a component, then you'd know enough
>>> to put it back if you wanted to run a script that
>>> required it.
>>>
>>
>> That's the nicest idea I've heard so far. Just have the executable
>> accept two optional arguments, the first to tell it to run in lite
>> mode and the second being a list of the components to load.
>>
> it can be nice idea, but the purpose is as follows - I want to have
> an option to download e.g. Sound 1.2.3 component upgrade, I use my
> cell phone connected to my PDA and I am not interested in
> downloading whole Rebol just because some bug was fixed in Sound
> component. So - one file? Good, but there would have to be the
> option to replace rebol.exe's Sound component by new one :-)
And a full-featured REBOL/View exe may get quite large over the years
and require a few megs of disk-space. But Mike's idea would be an
option for those who don't have space worries but still need to run a
lite-version of REBOL now and then. And you can run Base (or Face or
Beam or whatever) on your cell-phone - since it's here now anyway. (:
--
Carl Read
