Re: [libreoffice-website] working on a CD distribution disc for LO

On 27/08/2011 19:02, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote:
> On 08/27/2011 11:22 AM, Jonathan Aquilina wrote:
> > On 27/08/2011 15:04, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote:
> > >
> >
> > You have your terminology incorrect here, the term is auto play, 
> > which all operating systems do from Linux to windows to mac. i have 
> > played dvd's of games and auto play seems to work none the less. What 
> > windows OS are you talking about. I am on windows 7 ultimate 64bit
>
>
> As for my "word use", having survived 3 strokes tend to mess thing up 
> sometimes on what are the correct words and phrases are the correct 
> ones to use.  That is way I do not like to write documentation or even 
> take notes at meetings.  So please forgive me improper word usage or 
> terminology.  If it passes my spell checker in Thunderbird, I may not 
> catch the error.
My apologies if i came off a bit harsh that wasn't my intention :( as 
well i wasn't aware of your given situation :(
> -----------
>
> There is a MS security patch that prevents certain "auto play" options 
> from happening.  This was created to stop those nasties from 
> "auto-installing" when you insert a CD or DVD into a drive, or the 
> same with Thumb-drives or camera cards.
>
> I do not know all the ins-and-outs of what the patch does, but it was 
> meant to stop users from having their computer infected by so nasty 
> program.  I know that it work on XP and Vista systems though.  Most of 
> my driver and software install CDs no longer automatically run after I 
> place them into the drive.
>
> Music and Video discs are exempt from this security option, but I did 
> not hear anything about game discs.
>
> I think I remember Drew was one thinking about having a distribution 
> disc auto-play, or some term describing the following:  Place the disc 
> in the drive, computer reads the disc auto-play file[s], package 
> determines what OS you have installed, then it asks you if you want to 
> install the proper package for your system's OS.  Windows install 
> shown for Windows systems, Mac Intel or PPC if it was one of those, 
> DEB or RPM for the Linux systems.  At least that was my opinion on 
> what he was thinking a few months back.  That would be nice for some 
> people with limited computer skills, but could be a dangerous security 
> issue for others.
>
> Personally, I would prefer not having a software package "auto play" 
> when I place the disc into my drive.  I may want to browse the disk 
> instead of installing the default software.
>
> For the "distribution CD/DVD" I like the option to either open the 
> HTML files in my default browser, OR just browse the disc to see what 
> all it on it.  For those who need help and guidance, having the 
> install information and what is one the disk, spelled out by using 
> easy to use browser-based pages is useful.  Also for those who know 
> what is on the disc and just needs to read some documentation file or 
> install a dictionary or other add-on, having the choice it important.


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