A lot of that is packaging issues. While they might never be able to get it down to a one click install, one installer script could probably take care of most o

A lot of that is packaging issues. While they might never be able to get it down to a one click install, one installer script could probably take care of most of those steps at some point. I haven't looked at diaspora in 3-4 months, but based on where it was then I find it hard to believe that anyone should be downloading and running it right now that isn't a developer/SA type and expecting a fair degree of pain. In that way the install process is a bit of a gatekeeper. If they made it super ultra easy to install and run but code quality / feature completion was still in the toilet what would they have gained? No reason for them to work on the installer right now. I'm not too sure diaspora is going to end up all wine and roses, but they only claim to be in "alpha" release for now, give the kids a break. THIS IS PRE-ALPHA SOFTWARE AND SHOULD BE TREATED ACCORDINGLY. PLEASE, DO NOT RUN IN PRODUCTION. IT IS FUN TO GET RUNNING, BUT EXPECT THINGS TO BE BROKEN.