On Apr 16, 2009, at 2:36 PM, Tom Browder wrote: > On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Christopher Sean Morrison > <[email protected]> wrote: > ... >> You're having problems with the Windows installer for BRL-CAD? Is >> that with the run-time library installer or the full- >> distribution? We should look into if > > Sorry for the false alarm--I was referring to problems we had last > fall. I haven't been using BRL-CAD for Windows since then. However, > we should start using it soon and I can then speak more directly. > > The point I was trying to make is that CPack seems to be a good choice > to possibly simplify the packaging system for cross-platform products, > but I have no experience with it. I've seen your NSIS scripts and > that seems like a lot to maintain and maybe CPack would help with > that.
Compared to most of the alternatives, NSIS is pretty fantastic. In just a few dozen lines of logic, we have a comprehensive installer/ uninstaller with multipage graphics, optional components, installation prompts, and more. It has actually required very little maintenance beyond the original script-writing .. which was done in less than a day. That said, it would be good if that *same* logic then also automatically generated other installers like a Mac drag-n-drop installer or a .pkg or a .deb or an .rpm, etc. Collectively, those all take a lot of time (days) to prepare (which is part why binary releases are sometimes far in-between for some platforms) even with scripts to help. Cheers! Sean > > Regards, > > -Tom > > P.S. I echo your kudos--good work Dave and Ralith, and you, too, Sean > for such excellent and energetic leadership. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- > Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and > around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save > $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. > 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. > Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p > _______________________________________________ > BRL-CAD Developer mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/brlcad-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p _______________________________________________ BRL-CAD Developer mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/brlcad-devel
