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[Peter Laursen <peter_laursen@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 20:29, Vladislav Vaintroub <wlad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

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> *From:* Peter Laursen [mailto:peter_laursen@xxxxxxxxxx]
> *Sent:* Montag, 31. Januar 2011 18:45
> *To:* Vladislav Vaintroub
> *Cc:* Haidong Ji; maria-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> *Subject:* Re: [Maria-developers] Windows installer MWL#55 finished.
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> @Vladislav ..
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> 1) surprised it is only 22 MB.  This is not a full build I think (with all
> clients, tests etc - and I think you cannot redistribute docs for license
> reasons), but rather something similar to 'mysql_essentials' package from
> MySQL/Oracle? Can you clarify what is omitted as compared to .zip package?
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> In a “full” MariaDB package there would be debug symbols, debug binaries
> and embedded. There won’t be tests (there is a huge number of them, and they
> will expand the package size in ~120MB range, and additionally slow down
> installation quite a bit).
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> 50MB per file is the limit on Live, so I dropped the least useful stuff for
> this demo (e.g build without embedded,  and skipped debug build. And
> removed DebugInfo from my local copy of win/packaging/CPackWixConfig.cmake)
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> 2) I did not find an option to specify the installation path. Am I right?
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> On the feature selection screen (I think the title of the dialog is
> “Customize MariaDB5.2 installation”), there is a “Browse” button, that
> allows you to install the package to the place you want. You can select
> “Database Instance” feature and put it to yet another place.  This
> “Browse” button is not available during “Maintenance”, only on initial
> installation.
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Where is my mouse hole? I want to hide! You are right of course! -- Peter


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> -- Peter
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> On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 18:20, Vladislav Vaintroub <wlad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Hello again,
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> I put 32 and 64 bit installers  I built  here
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> http://cid-ff0c950417b4f8a4.office.live.com/browse.aspx/share
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> Have fun,
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> Wlad
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> > -----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.
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> > Wlad,
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> > 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.
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> > Haidong Ji
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> > 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
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> > > 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
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> > > 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).
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> > > The repository that includes the final windows installer is
> > >  lp:~maria-captains/maria/5.2-windows-packaging-upgrade
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> > > Building installer is described in
> http://askmonty.org/worklog/Server-Sprint/?tid=55 (Section "Building
> installer", at the very
> > > start of the WL).
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> > > 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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