Re: Documentation still not being installed
Re: Documentation still not being installed
- Subject: Re: Documentation still not being installed
- From: Ronald Hayden <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2011 12:02:09 -0700
Thanks for the comments.
- Ron
On Aug 3, 2011, at 11:57 AM, G S <email@hidden> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 11:53 PM, Ronald Hayden <email@hidden> wrote:
>> If you ran Xcode after installing it should have downloaded the docs. If you did run Xcode (and especially if it's still not downloading the docs) please file a bug that includes a screenshot of the Documentation preferences window.
>
> Thanks for the information.
>
> I didn't run Xcode, nor should I have to. Nowhere did the installer
> say that I needed to, so why would I? I was setting up the machine
> from scratch with a new Lion installation, going through all the
> applications I needed and installing them. Now I'm supposed to run
> every single app on the machine, looking for Easter-egg installations?
>
> This design is irresponsible and lacks common sense. If I'm
> downloading a massive SDK, it stands to reason I've allocated the time
> or bandwidth to do so. Why would I then want to be surprised at some
> later date with another download for the documentation?
>
> My scenario provides the obvious example of why that's unacceptable.
> And even if I had Internet access, I might be at some remote location
> with a relatively slow mobile data card. Or, heaven forbid, I have
> some work to do NOW and I need to look something up without waiting
> for yet another massive download. These are all very good reasons
> that the current design is stupid, and I can't think of one reason
> that it's wise. The idea of saving download time initially just
> doesn't stand up to even superficial consideration. Unless the
> contention is that the majority of users will NEVER use the
> documentation.
>
> I did file a bug on this, but it's sad that I had to.
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