Hi all,
the first thing I would tackle is setup. Right, it seems pretty broken: The service installers don't work on Vista, don't have the service controllers in them, don't remove everything at uninstall. Now, I think one actually cannot do better with the VS provided setup projects, so no blame here ;) Here is how I would move forward: First, move to WIX and second move to one unified installer for all Alchemi components. Has anyone started on a WIX installer? If not, I would volunteer. I would use version 3.0 of WIX, contradicting my own previous stance to not use unreleased software ;) I also think this installer should have all components in it, i.e. manager, executor, and SDK and provide UI in the setup to pick what to install. This would greatly reduce deployment complexities, I believe. For automated installs, there are ample ways to pick the right set of features in MSI for silent installs. I would leave automated updates out for now. The stuff in Alchemi right now is not working in any case, right? Once we have a new MSI setup, one can later add a very simple updatechecker.exe type of program that is run by Windows task scheduler to check for MSI patches from an URL and if it finds one just applies the patch. But this would be something for later. Any thoughts before I start? Best, David ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Alchemi-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alchemi-developers
