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From: chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Installer lobotomized in 6.0.4
Message-ID: <35758@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 20 Oct 89 01:28:36 GMT
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>Another problem with the new Installer is that it installs all of the
>fonts and desk accessories that come with the system update, whether 
>you want them or not.  I can almost see the program installing any
>standard desk accessories that aren't in the pre-existing System, but
>it should NOT be installing the full set of Apple fonts and LaserWriter
>fonts.  Many users don't need or use all of them, and should be able to
>install them as needed, like before.

Previous installers also did it -- at least, every time I used them I had to
go back in and remove all the Times/Helvetica/etc stuff that I keep in
suitcase files. This is a carry over, not a new feature.

>Also, many users at this point are using software like Suitcase II or
>MasterJuggler (or Font/DA Juggler) so that they can keep their fonts and
>DA's OUT of the System file and in separate, even multiple, suitcase
>files.  The new Installer doesn't STOP users from doing that, but it
>certainly makes it a pain: you now have to take all of the excess fonts
>and DA's OUT of your System.

As far as I can tell, the functionality of the new installer is the same as
far as fonts/DA's are concerned. 

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