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["Vladislav Vaintroub" <wlad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello again,

I put 32 and 64 bit installers  I built  here

http://cid-ff0c950417b4f8a4.office.live.com/browse.aspx/share 

Have fun,

Wlad

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Haidong Ji [mailto:haidong.ji@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Montag, 31. Januar 2011 16:02
> To: Vladislav Vaintroub
> Cc: maria-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; serg@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Maria-developers] Windows installer MWL#55 finished.
> 
> Wlad,
> 
> I will be able to do some testing with this, perhaps in the next 10
> days or so. I can test the upgrade on 32-bit, 64-bit, and a variety
> version of Windows (2003, 2008, 2008 R2), if necessary.
> 
> Haidong Ji
> 
> On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Vladislav Vaintroub
> <wlad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > I updated the MWL#55 (Windows installer) with the upgrade information. Now, people will be able to upgrade between prior
> MariaDB (or
> > prior MySQL) versions using upgrade wizard, which is by default launched at the end of installation, if upgradable instances are
> > found .
> >  Users will also be able to use Upgrade Wizard  after the installation, at any the time convenient for them. Upgrade wizard will
> > also be included into ZIP distribution. Besides GUI Wizard, there is a command line utility mysql_upgrade_service.exe  to
perform
> > all operations  necessary to  upgrade an existing database instance registered as service (in fact GUI wizard uses this
> > mysql_upgrade_service.exe as "backend").
> >
> > Wizard is an MFC application. I'm sorry for that, but my Windows C/C++ GUI programming experience is not only rusty (prior to
this
> > WL last time I used it was more than  a decade ago), it is also restricted to MFC only. Being MFC application, it will require
 at
> > least VS Professional to build.  There is no MFC in  free Visual Studio Express edition,  nor in free Windows SDK.  Build and
> > packaging process will handle missing MFC gracefully (build won't try to compile upgrade wizard,  package won't include it , and
> > installer won't  start it at the end of installation).
> >
> > The repository that includes the final windows installer is
> >  lp:~maria-captains/maria/5.2-windows-packaging-upgrade
> >
> > Building installer is described in http://askmonty.org/worklog/Server-Sprint/?tid=55 (Section "Building installer", at the very
> > start of the WL).
> >
> > Monty or Sergei (or volunteers if any): Can you please have a look the above repo and do a review . I tried to split the big
patch
> > into parts,  but I did not find the result to be too satisfactory
> >
> > Philip: would you be able to test the upgrade wizard?  You need a service running under some older mysqld.exe binary (e.g.
install
> > MySQL 5.1), you'll should get upgrade wizard launched at the end of install. You should also get Wizard at the end of
installation
> > any time you have an older version of Maria running as service.
> >
> > Thanks and best regards,
> >
> > Wlad
> >
> >
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