Potential disaster for Rev/Linux pendrive apps

[Bob Warren]

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/88229

*Re: [Bug 88229] Re: Runtime Revolution progs do not run directly from 
pendrive in Feisty Herd 4* 
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/88229/comments/3> from Bob 
Warren <https://bugs.launchpad.net/%7Ewarren-howsoft> at 2007-03-09 
15:18:26 UTC

The inability to run Runtime Revolution standalone apps directly from
the pendrive in Feisty Herd 4 also applies to Rebol standalone apps. The
message given by Feisty is:

"Cannot open /media/KINGSTON/userapp
No application suitable for automatic installation is available for
handling this kind of file"

Such Runtime Revolution and Rebol apps are called "standalones" because
that is what they are meant to be: they do not at present require any
kind of installation and they can be run directly from any location in
the file system, including from media such as pendrives. Setup utilites
are not provided by Runtime Revolution or by Rebol simply because they
are not required, and as far as I know there is no such thing as a
general purpose setup utility provided by Ubuntu themselves.

If this is a new "feature" rather than a bug, will it later be extended
to other locations in the file system such as the Desktop or the User
Home folder? And if it is a "feature", what are its motives? Under this
scenario, existing applications written in RunRev or Rebol would be
completely clobbered!

Time has passed, April 19th is getting closer, and still there is no
report from Ubuntu as to whether this is a bug or a feature has appeared.

It should be understood that this is potentially a very serious matter
that perhaps requires treatment at the very highest level, and for this
reason I have sent copies of this post to Mr Kevin Miller of Runtime
Revolution and Mr Carl Sassenrath of Rebol Technologies.

Bob Warren