Binary distributions [ was Re: [PROPOSAL] fix for bad Xrefs ... ]
Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic(a)srce.hr> wrote:
Still, when we make binary distributions for Windows, it would
probably make sense to zip them, for the sake of convenience.
Has anyone thought about how to distribute native Windows binary
distributions? I was hoping for something more than .zip or .tar.gz
files. VC++ 5.0 comes with a free/limited version of InstallShield5,
and I was hoping for something that used it.
[ Actually, I'm thinking about building a CDROM that contains the entire
XEmacs 21.0 distribution, including optional packages. (BTW, this
would be for me, my friends, and co-workers, and would *not* be a
commercial CDROM.) It would be cool to pop in a CDROM, run setup, and
then point-and-click to choose what to install. However, the free
version has a limitation on the number of modules that can be
installed, and so packages may have to be distributed as .zip files
(unless someone has access to the full version of InstallShield5). ]
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