As a short-term workaround, someone could in theory install a CoApp package administratively (msiexec /a INSTALLDIR=X:\).
/rafael On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 4:45 PM, Garrett Serack <garre...@microsoft.com>wrote: > Not really. Well--maybe--but not in the way you think, and likely this > won't happen for a bit. > > Portable applications rely on a total lack of shared libraries; rather the > complete autonomous packaging of everything needed to accomplish a > particular task, and without installing anything. > > CoApp on the other hand, is focused around packaging MSIs (kindof the > antithesis of portable, eh) and providing a reliable and serviceable method > for handling dependencies. > > Now, that being said, It's certainly *possible* to transform a CoApp > packaged app & it's libraries into one that doesn't do that, but you lose > everything that makes CoApp valuable; well, with the exception that you > still get an app out the other end. > > Truthfully, I'd probably consider spending time about a year from now > building a tool to build a portable app from a package feed, but not any > time soon. > > G > > Garrett Serack | Open Source Software Developer | Microsoft Corporation > I don't make the software you use; I make the software you use better on > Windows. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: > coapp-developers-bounces+garretts=microsoft....@lists.launchpad.net[mailto: > coapp-developers-bounces+garretts <coapp-developers-bounces%2Bgarretts>= > microsoft....@lists.launchpad.net] On Behalf Of Gerald Combs > Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 1:10 PM > To: coapp-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Subject: [Coapp-developers] Portable application deployment > > Will CoApp support portable deployment (e.g. PortableApps or U3)? > > -- > Join us for Sharkfest ’10! · Wireshark® Developer and User Conference > Stanford University, June 14-17 · http://www.cacetech.com/sharkfest.10/ > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~coapp-developers > Post to : coapp-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~coapp-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~coapp-developers > Post to : coapp-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~coapp-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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