← Back to team overview

bzr-windows team mailing list archive

Re: Better Windows installer(s) - volunteers needed

 

Maritza Mendez пишет:
> I'm on travel but looking forward to helping where I can.  Inno setup
> does not support msi afaik.  If someone knows of an inexpensive msi
> builder I would like to know.  InstallShield is a great product but
> quite pricey (and overkill) for FOSS efforts.

http://wix.sourceforge.net/

> 
> -M
> 
> 
> On 8/10/09, Ian Clatworthy <ian.clatworthy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Assuming everyone who wanted to voice an opinion on what installers are
>> required has done so, the time has come IMO for some follow-up action.
>> Here are the next steps I'd like to see happen:
>>
>> 1. Someone volunteers to summarise the consensus and list any
>>    outstanding issues to be decided or further investigated.
>>
>> 2. We select the installer technology. (InnoSetup seems a popular choice
>>    though I'm not sure if it can build msi-style installers or just
>>    stand-alone exe ones.)
>>
>> 3. Someone volunteers to build an initial cut.
>>
>> 4. We have a co-ordinated testing effort to validate it on multiple
>>    OS versions.
>>
>> 5. Someone volunteers to maintain it.
>>
>> We only have a few weeks before 2.0 ships so I think (1) and (2) need to
>> be done this week. If you can help, please do so. Volunteering for any
>> particular step doesn't imply a commitment to doing the others. It would
>> be nice if someone stepped forward and said "I'll do the lot" but it's
>> equally fine if multiple people pitch in where the can.
>>
>> I'm happy to co-ordinate things, including #4, to keep everything moving.
>>
>> Ian C.
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~bzr-windows
>> Post to     : bzr-windows@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~bzr-windows
>> More help   : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
>>
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~bzr-windows
> Post to     : bzr-windows@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~bzr-windows
> More help   : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
> 
> 
> 




Follow ups

References