Some suggestion of hoary snapshot install

[Matthew Thomas]

On 9 Feb, 2005, at 9:25 PM, azz wrote:
> ...
> "This should include a sentence warning the user that opting to 
> download from the Internet will require more time, and is not 
> recommended for slower connection speeds."
>
> For users with a limited disk space, downloading a lot of updates will
> also surpass the minimum reported 1.8gig disk space needed.  Maybe
> there should be a warning about his too.
> ...

It would be impolite for the installer to offer vague warnings about 
things when it can work out the details itself. First, find out how big 
the updates are going to be, and if there's not enough disk space, 
explain why they won't be done. If there is enough space, and if 
there's already an Internet connection, detect how fast it is and give 
an estimate for the download in days/hours/minutes together with the 
disk space figure.

-- 
Matthew Thomas, whose Ubuntu CDs have just arrived ... 14 000 km away
http://mpt.net.nz/