[Libosinfo] [PATCH 7/8] winxp, win7: Add virtio & QXL device drivers info

[Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)]

On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 7:25 PM, Christophe Fergeau <cfergeau at redhat.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 05:27:16PM +0200, Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) wrote:
>> On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Christophe Fergeau <cfergeau at redhat.com> wrote:
>> > I think we should still have a way for libosinfo user to have this binary
>> > run at the end of the install process even though this means having to
>> > click through a few dialogs.
>>
>> Apart from the 3-state (rather than boolean) API I proposed in a
>> previous mail, we could also have a separate API for adding random
>> binaries that are put on user's desktop and apps can then use that for
>> things like these. In this specific case, app will see that there is a
>> driver available for the os in executable format but script warns on
>> it during install so they can decide to use this API to add the binary
>> to the desktop with filename "Installer for X".
>
> I don't think this is really useful... And I'd prefer to have the binary
> be run for me at the end of installation even if it means it's showing
> dialog.
>
>> Such an API could be useful in general and allow us to not complicate
>> drivers-related API and most importantly not break the concept of
>> automated/express installation.
>
> Depends what you value most, fully unattended install, or some guarantee
> that the drivers will be installed when the install completes even if this
> means blocking. While we want the former to be the default, I think it
> would be nice to have some support for the latter.

I value not breaking unattended installation. It will look especially
bad if in the UI we ask users if they want unattended install and then
take steps that needs user input before the installation is really
complete. One approach I tried before this was to copy the binary to C
drive and setup registry keys to run it as first login but I failed
get it to work. If we can make that to work, I'm all for it but
breaking unattended install is not an option for me. Its not like
users' windows installation is broken without virtio/qxl drivers.

-- 
Regards,

Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)
FSF member#5124