Path: csiph.com!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Kaz Kylheku <349-534-5780@kylheku.com> Newsgroups: comp.programming Subject: Re: To all who write uninstallation programs for software you distribute Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2016 04:13:52 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 25 Message-ID: <20160724113252.936@kylheku.com> References: <0hq7pblr580ec5n1sv05fapprarqc9ef9l@4ax.com> <20160723234235.651@kylheku.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: OGJi3KNpFOhM58UHZwXj0w.user.gioia.aioe.org X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: slrn/pre1.0.0-18 (Linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: csiph.com comp.programming:6808 On 2016-07-24, Julio Di Egidio wrote: > On Sunday, July 24, 2016 at 8:44:38 AM UTC+2, Kaz Kylheku wrote: >> On 2016-07-23, Wally W wrote: >> > To all who write uninstallation programs for software you distribute: >> > >> > If your uninstallation program can't leave the machine in the >> > condition you found it, then tell the user what is different. >> > >> > I just tried to uninstall a program. Just before the uninstaller >> > closed, it reported this unhappy message: >> > >> > "Couldn't remove some components. They can be removed manually." >> >> This strongly suggests that you're using a certain shit OS. Furthermore, >> the developers of the pitiful crap that you're (quite understandably) >> uninstalling couldn't be bothered to figure out how to use the API >> for having "busy" files removed at the next reboot. > > I shall eventually conclude that you too are simply a fucking idiot > with some degree in computer science and not the faintest what that is > actually about. Condolences. I'm afraid I'm a hopeless case, but for the benefit of better equipped others, you might want to share your understanding itself, rather than mere assurances that you have more of it than someone else.