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[Peter Laursen <peter_laursen@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Same problem with 64 bit. Installation path, port and service name does not
matter. i am not upgrading (path, port, service are all new). Rollback
occurs after 'running install_mysql_db.exe' (or similar) occurs in the
installer splash screen.

-- Peter

On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 18:45, Peter Laursen <peter_laursen@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> sorry .. it was 32 bit installer!
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 18:43, Peter Laursen <peter_laursen@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> hmmm .. installer rolls back.  Why?
>>
>> 64 bit build on 64 bit Win7 (UAC disabled). Default file path.  No
>> conflicts with ports or service name specified.  After rollback there is no
>> track left.
>>
>>
>> -- Peter
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 18:05, Vladislav Vaintroub <wlad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> > -----Original Message-----
>>> > From: Kristian Nielsen [mailto:knielsen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>>> > Sent: Dienstag, 1. Februar 2011 14:59
>>> > To: Vladislav Vaintroub
>>> > Cc: maria-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; serg@xxxxxxxxxxxx; Michael
>>> Widenius
>>> > Subject: Re: [Maria-developers] Windows installer MWL#55 finished.
>>> >
>>> > "Vladislav Vaintroub" <wlad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>> >
>>> > > 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).
>>> >
>>> > What license are we distributing the wizard source code under?
>>>
>>> > The reason I ask is that because of the above dependency, GPL may not
>>> be
>>> > appropriate (and since it sounds like a new application, nor is it
>>> > necessary). So we might consider another license, eg. BSD or if
>>> prefered some
>>> > other more copy-left license. Or just GPL-with-MFC-exception.
>>> >
>>> > I don't really have an opinion myself for one license or the other, I
>>> just
>>> > wanted to point out the issue to make sure it is considered by those
>>> that do
>>> > care. Since it sounds like if we just use GPL, we may be releasing
>>> something
>>> > that formally others cannot redistribute without violating the license.
>>> Which
>>> > I think we should avoid, even if we're obviously not planning to sue
>>> anyone
>>> > over it ...
>>>
>>> Not sure I'm correct person  to start discussions over the of GPL, I
>>> think I'm not qualified.
>>>
>>> I do know there is a plenty of established open source projects that use
>>> MFC, including GPLv2, such as different incarnations of
>>> Tortoise (SVN,CVS, BZR, HG).
>>>
>>> >From my point of view,  it is just a  system library. It came bundled
>>> with compiler, just like other library CRT which is non-GPL
>>> that we use extensively for quite important functionality like strcpy()
>>> or say fopen().  Maybe this explanation will satisfy GPL
>>> purists. I do not think CRT , MFC , ATL (libraries that come bundled with
>>> Visual Studio) have any written license, at least I have
>>> never seen one. The source code is available, and installed together with
>>> Visual Studio.  If  one needs to redistribute one of this
>>> libraries  as DLLs, there is Microsoft EULA that basically allows
>>> inclusion into any software . But we do not even do that, as we
>>> link Visual Studio libraries (CRT, and also MFC now) statically,
>>> MySQL-ish way.
>>>
>>> >  - Kristian.
>>>
>>>
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