Luis Lavena
2009-Jun-21 21:31 UTC
[Rubyinstaller-devel] Preparing installers for preview release and some headaches
Hey Guys, I''ve been preparing the repository to, at last, push a preview release of both 1.8.6 and 1.9.1 versions of Ruby. To follow after, devkit gem and some instructions/tutorial on how get gems like mysql and sqlite installed. But the thing that is blocking me right now is WiX. While MSI packages are great, WiX is for hardcore people, definitely. Been struggling with updating the WiX Fragments, and maybe rebuild those form scratch. Also tried going WiX3 and newer Paraffin... Gosh, I''m exhausted. Since at work I''ve been updating some applications and thus, building some installers, wonder if going back to InnoSetup worth a shoot. That means will have to invest a few hours getting new installers, shortcuts, filelist and such for 1.8 and 1.9, but I believe could be worthy. What are your thoughts guys? That is the last stab that is blocking the Installer release. Thanks in advance for the comments guys! Cheers, -- Luis Lavena AREA 17 - Perfection in design is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but rather when there is nothing more to take away. Antoine de Saint-Exup?ry
Charles Roper
2009-Jun-22 07:59 UTC
[Rubyinstaller-devel] Preparing installers for preview release and some headaches
Luis Lavena wrote:> Since at work I''ve been updating some applications and thus, building > some installers, wonder if going back to InnoSetup worth a shoot.What were your reasons for attempting to move away from InnoSetup in the first place? I think it is perhaps best to release whatever is going to be easiest for you right now and then look at more sophisticated installers later. Charles
Luis Lavena
2009-Jun-22 12:47 UTC
[Rubyinstaller-devel] Preparing installers for preview release and some headaches
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 4:59 AM, Charles Roper<reachme at charlesroper.co.uk> wrote:> Luis Lavena wrote: > >> Since at work I''ve been updating some applications and thus, building >> some installers, wonder if going back to InnoSetup worth a shoot. > > What were your reasons for attempting to move away from InnoSetup in the > first place? >The decision was driven by Administrative installs and ClickOnce installers, where administrators can propagate updates to installations or perform updates in a networking environment. Also doing MSI was ideally with the "Windows Logo" compliance, but WTH...> I think it is perhaps best to release whatever is going to be easiest for > you right now and then look at more sophisticated installers later. >I have to agree. Point taken, lot of problems and now I see the light. Thank you. What I''m going to do is create a branch called "wix" as today with master and get rid of everything MSI related from master itself. Stay tuned :-) -- Luis Lavena AREA 17 - Perfection in design is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but rather when there is nothing more to take away. Antoine de Saint-Exup?ry