Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Test of new Ethereal Win32 Package

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From: Gilbert Ramirez <gilramir@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 10:12:48 -0500
Guy Harris wrote:
> 
> > It offered a choice of 3 types of installation; I selected "Custom",
> > which I tend to do when installing software on Windows.
> >
> > "Custom" appeared to do the same thing as either "Default" or "Complete"
> > - it didn't ask me any questions.
> 
> Yes, I know that there are installation selections in the same dialog
> box that lets me select "Default", "Custom", and "Complete", but if it
> offers a "Custom" choice, that choice should presumably be different
> from the other choices (and, if it's not obvious where it's different,
> it should perhaps indicate how it's different).
> 
> Also, it should allow the user to choose to have a desktop shortcut to
> "ethereal.exe" installed.

Okay, a new setup is out there:

http://www.xiexie.org/ethereal/ethereal-setup-20010404.exe

This removes the 3 "types" of canned installations (Default, Complete,
Custom)
and just provides the list of components to install.

A new option/component is the installation of a desktop shortcut.

--gilbert