Re: Proposal: Make Windows installers for each release...

[T.J. Yang]

> From: Richard Frith-Macdonald <address@hidden>
> To: Aaron G <address@hidden>
> CC: GNUstep Developers <address@hidden>
> Subject: Re: Proposal: Make Windows installers for each release...
> Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 20:44:11 +0000
>
>
> On 28 Dec 2006, at 20:31, Aaron G wrote:
>
> > As someone who would use this, I like the idea. I use OS X and
> > Windows, and only use linux as a text-only vm, so It would be a great
> > help to be able to install this. Right now I only use this as a hobby,
> > but I could begin to help test things. If it wasnt a pain in the ass
> > to install.
> >
> > On 12/28/06, Gregory John Casamento <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > Currently our release policy for windows has been a bit spotty.    We 
> > > seem to release a version for Windows sporadically.   I'd like  to shoot 
> > > for having every release have a Windows installer  available for it, if 
> > > that's possible.
> > >
> > > Any thoughts on this?
>
>
> Inspired by T.J Yang, i was thinking of investigating the possibility  of 
> incorporating WiX support into gnustep-make (in the way that rpm  support 
> is currently built in) and perhaps his idea of TWW tolls later.
>
> If WiX support was in the make system, we could  build windows  install 
> packages trivially ... which would be great.

I think this is quite a long term goal to have GNUstep generate native 
package format.
Currently we need to have a higher degree of automation(digitation) in the 
GNUstep development and distribution mechanism.  A ready to run binary is 
much better than tar ball on ftp.gnu.org.

Regarding to WiX and GNUstep, I believe current installer is using nullsoft 
for win32 packaging.
I wish we can release a version of win32 GNUstep using WiX.  so that the 
package source is in xml files that others can inherit,study and enhance 
easily.


Last time I checked outWiX 2.x PMS, it require every file to have a UUID.
and it was hard to include files under a sub directory.

WiX 3.x is in beta but it has better support for subdirectory inclusion and 
auto UUID generation.

Please let me know if you are interested to work on this project(win32 
GNUstep by WiX).

Regards

tj

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