On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 12:43 AM, Salvatore Insalaco <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Max Battcher <[email protected]> wrote: >> Do we have any NSIS or WiX gurus around? (Salvatore, do you have experience >> with either?) Does cabal have a Windows install story, yet? (Python's >> setuptools/distutils systems can build Windows installers, so it's not >> unbelievable that cabal might have something similar...) > > Unfortunately I've no experience of Windows installers for client > applications. I still think, however, that unpacking a zip file > somewhere is a much better way to install a developer tool (that > requires some computer skills to be used) than an installer that > places things around. > Maybe that's just my Unix mindset :). > > As far as I can see, many of Windows users complaints are about > missing or broken feature, not the missing installer (even if I admit > that it could be a nice addition).
If you're looking for user preference anecdotes: Each of my co-workers that have considered using darcs, 3 programmers, commented that it should have an installer. They are all on windows and would rather use TortoiseSVN because they could get going faster. For me at least, this means that it is important to have an installer with a polished look and feel. It seems to have an impact on adoption. Apply these anecdotes as you see fit :) Jason _______________________________________________ darcs-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/darcs-users
