Moshe Weitzman <weitzman@tejasa.com> writes: % > I was just whining about the lack of an install script that lets % > me install drupal without a shell. % this list is for development discussion. not for whining. for example, % this list is a good place for posting a proposed technical design for % such an install system. or if that is too ambitious, post a set of % functional requirements. Or use cases. Or UI mockup. Whining on the list % is disrepectful to he hundreds of people who dedicate time to read these % messages. I am sorry, please accept my appologies. I thought that the rest of my message was in fact on target and in exactly the space that you want for drupal-devel. Please ignore the first paragraph as though it never happened. and focus on the second one. % > The real point of the message was to outline the specific problem with % > having to recompile php, which is part of this same problem % > of assuming that people have root shell access on the machines. % all you need for installing drupal is ftp and phpmyadmin. Yes, thank you. I know.... ----- John Sechrest . Helping people use . computers and the Internet . more effectively . . Internet: sechrest@peak.org . . http://www.peak.org/~sechrest