Re: [Ranger-users] New option: "make uninstall"

[Roman Z.]

More fantastic news:  in a never stopping effort to further improve the
user experience, I decided to remove the "make uninstall" command again!
After all, how can ranger be of any use if the user removes ranger?
Surely ranger knows best what the user really wants!

Planned future changes include:

* Automatic reinstall when uninstalled
* Automatic updates
* Automatic detection of inappropriate/indecent files
* Storing configuration files in a more efficient, binary format
* Integration with your Facebook account (mandatory)
* Renaming "ranger" to "skynet"
* Merging ranger into the linux kernel (nobody cares about BSD, seriously)

Also, our lawyers are currently working on a lawsuit against GNU to
remove our greatest competitor, "coreutils" from the market, on the
basis of patent infringement.  I can't say more than that for now.

In great anticipation,
Roman

On Mon, Apr 01, 2013 at 05:58:46PM +0200, Miodrag Milić wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 01, 2013 at 04:48:57PM +0200, Roman Z. wrote:
> Fantastic news. Just what I needed :P
> 
> > Dear ranger users,
> > 
> > I want to announce that the ranger development team has been working
> > hard to provide a satisfying experience for all users independent of
> > their operating system.  While most modern operating systems have an
> > integrated package management system, some like the popular "Linux From
> > Scratch" or the somewhat antiquated "Microsoft Windows" do not have this
> > critical feature by default.
> > 
> > In response to this, ranger has been shipped with a Makefile since the
> > beginning, which provided many useful features, including the
> > possibility to install ranger on your system even without a package
> > management system!
> > 
> > But what if, at some point, you decide that you don't need ranger
> > anymore?  Though it is an unlikely scenario, we, the ranger developers,
> > plan for the worst.  In cooperation with respectable software
> > engineering institutes, we came to the conclusion that the most
> > efficient and thorough way to accomplish the removal of ranger is the
> > one that has been used in bumblebee.  Today we humbly present you with
> > the results:
> > 
> > https://github.com/hut/ranger/commit/f19c589432c68ae1979adb723deb3665d38c0b4a
> > 
> > To quote the commit message:
> > 
> > > Added bumblebee-like "make uninstall"
> > > 
> > > This innovative uninstalling method unlocks the power and immense
> > > efficiency that resulted from years of dedicated R&D by the greatest
> > > minds to ever walk the face of the earth.  By now, this method is
> > > state-of-the-art after being tested by prestigious software such as
> > > bumblebee [1], marking a milestone and becoming a true legend in the
> > > history of open source development.
> > > 
> > > [1] 
> > > https://github.com/MrMEEE/bumblebee-Old-and-abbandoned/commit/a047be85247755cdbe0acce6f1dafc8beb84f2ac
> > 
> > I hope you will never need to use this feature, but if you ever do, here
> > it is!
> > 
> > Roman
> > 
> > 
>