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Re: GSoC project about binary packaging
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John W. Eaton |
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Re: GSoC project about binary packaging |
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Tue, 09 Jul 2013 12:51:13 -0400 |
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On 07/09/2013 12:37 PM, Michael Goffioul wrote:
AFAIK, yes. There is nothing wrong with NSIS, but Patrick raised the
concern that NSIS generates executable installers, while WiX generates
MSI file; and that MSI files might be the only type of installer allowed
in corporate locked-down environment.
OK. I'm not personally worried about this at the moment, but I can
see that it could be a problem in the future if more people move away
from self-contained executable installers.
Personally, I'm fine with both (though I don't know WiX), except if WiX
requires to install Platform SDK in order to have customized UI in the
installer.
Looking at http://wixtoolset.org and and in particular
http://wixtoolset.org/releases/v4-0-701-0 does not give me a warm
happy free software feeling. The software is distributed as a .exe
file, so I guess it runs only on Windows systems? And there is this
note:
WiX v4.0 source code for debugging purposes. Note: this source code
will not build.
??
For me, it is important that we are able to build the installer
package in a cross environment. And preferably without having to use
Wine or run any kind of interactive tool. I don't know if that is
how WiX works, but it is important to me to be able to generate the
installer from a script or Makefile rules without any user interaction
other than starting the build process.
jwe
- Re: GSoC project about binary packaging, (continued)
- Re: GSoC project about binary packaging, Patrick Noffke, 2013/07/06
- Re: GSoC project about binary packaging, Patrick Noffke, 2013/07/06
- Re: GSoC project about binary packaging, Anirudha Bose, 2013/07/08
- Re: GSoC project about binary packaging, Patrick Noffke, 2013/07/08
- Re: GSoC project about binary packaging, Michael Goffioul, 2013/07/08
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- Re: GSoC project about binary packaging, Patrick Noffke, 2013/07/08
- Re: GSoC project about binary packaging, Patrick Noffke, 2013/07/08
- Re: GSoC project about binary packaging, Michael Goffioul, 2013/07/09
- Re: GSoC project about binary packaging, John W. Eaton, 2013/07/09
- Re: GSoC project about binary packaging, Michael Goffioul, 2013/07/09
- Re: GSoC project about binary packaging,
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- Re: GSoC project about binary packaging, Patrick Noffke, 2013/07/09
- Re: GSoC project about binary packaging, Patrick Noffke, 2013/07/08
- Re: GSoC project about binary packaging, Anirudha Bose, 2013/07/08
- Re: GSoC project about binary packaging, Anirudha Bose, 2013/07/08
- Re: GSoC project about binary packaging, Michael Goffioul, 2013/07/08
- Re: GSoC project about binary packaging, Patrick Noffke, 2013/07/08
- Re: GSoC project about binary packaging, Anirudha Bose, 2013/07/08
- Re: GSoC project about binary packaging, Michael Goffioul, 2013/07/08
- Re: GSoC project about binary packaging, Anirudha Bose, 2013/07/08
- Re: GSoC project about binary packaging, PhilipNienhuis, 2013/07/03