I also stashed <https://github.com/keeganwitt/groovy-windows-installer/commit/daa93765529d7fe6a07306867eaf5dff702cdda8> the Confluence page <http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GROOVY/Windows+NSIS-Installer> into a Docs <https://github.com/keeganwitt/groovy-windows-installer/tree/master/Docs> directory so we have it after Confluence is taken down.
On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 11:58 AM, Keegan Witt <[email protected]> wrote: > I was concerned, with the end of the month coming up, that we might lose > Codehaus access. So I used GitHub's import tool > <https://import.github.com/new/> to import the NSIS-Grovoy repo into my > space (https://github.com/keeganwitt/groovy-windows-installer). I also > used Codehaus's Jira and Confluence to match up the commit authors with > GitHub users as best I could. If it looks satisfactory, please delete the > existing > repo <https://github.com/groovy/groovy-windows-installer>, and I'll move > the one I created under the Groovy org. > > -Keegan > > On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 9:04 AM, Keegan Witt <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I saw you released a new installer the other day. Thanks Joachim! >> >> I'm not sure the exact date your Codehaus SVN repo will be taken down >> (they said they were going to take projects down from April 2 to May 17), >> but we should get your source moved to GitHub soon. >> >> I only briefly looked at the source, I'll start digging a little deeper. >> We probably don't have a license anymore (or if we do, we soon won't). >> There are a few other options out there (though I've not used any of them >> to know how good they are): IzPack <http://izpack.org/>, WiX >> <http://wixtoolset.org/>, and Inno <http://jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php>. >> Other than the cumbersomeness of getting all the module directories set up >> (which maybe we could improve, I'd have to give it some thought), what >> dissatisfied you about NSIS? >> >> On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 2:07 AM Joachim Baumann < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Keegan, >>> >>> First of all, I hope to build the new installer this weekend... >>> >>> The code in the Sven repository should still be the actually used code, >>> but I agree that we should place the stuff into the GIT repository at >>> Github. I simply hadn't the time to react, it was a crazy two weeks. >>> >>> But in general I do not think that we should follow the NSIS path >>> further. I would very much like to use Install4J instead, but again didn't >>> have the time. So, Keegan, if you are interested, we could try to build a >>> new installer together... I'm not sure right now about the licensing for >>> install4j (at codehaus we had a license). >>> >>> Cheers, Joachim >>> >>> >>> Am Donnerstag, 16. April 2015 schrieb Keegan Witt : >>> >>>> You're right about Bintree being just binaries. I think I mistook >>>> installed_version.txt files there for files that are used to create the >>>> installer (which they're not). The last thing I see in the SVN log is >>>> changes for 2.3.1, but there have been releases since then. Joachim >>>> mentioned >>>> <http://groovy.329449.n5.nabble.com/Windows-Installer-for-2-3-1-td5719663.html> >>>> the eclipse launch files and installed_versions.txt are what generally gets >>>> changed for a new release, and I didn't see these for the newer releases. >>>> Maybe those changes didn't get checked in? Or maybe I'm completely missing >>>> something. >>>> >>>> Once we get the new installer put together, we should also put it on >>>> the groovy-lang.org download page. The installer isn't currently >>>> listed. >>>> >>>> Also, I'm willing to pitch in on this project if needed. I've done a >>>> little NSIS work in the past (although I know we've also talked about >>>> moving to something like Install4J at some point). >>>> >>>> -Keegan >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 3:05 AM, Guillaume Laforge <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Keegan, >>>>> >>>>> Indeed the NSIS installer is still... in our old Codehaus SVN >>>>> repository! >>>>> I've emailed Joachim Baumann suggesting we move the repo under the >>>>> Groovy >>>>> org on Github. >>>>> >>>>> On Bintray, that's not the sources, but the binary files (ie. the >>>>> generated >>>>> installer) >>>>> >>>>> Guillaume >>>>> >>>>> 2015-04-07 2:57 GMT+02:00 Keegan Witt <[email protected]>: >>>>> >>>>> > Where is the source for the NSIS Groovy installers? The source for >>>>> this >>>>> > used to be in SVN >>>>> > < >>>>> > >>>>> http://svn.codehaus.org/groovy/trunk/groovy/modules/installers/windows/NSIS-Groovy/ >>>>> > >, >>>>> > but the only place I see it now is in Bintree >>>>> > < >>>>> https://bintray.com/package/files/groovy/Distributions/Windows-Installer >>>>> > >. >>>>> > Is that the new place for the source files? >>>>> > >>>>> > Also, is anyone working on a new installer for 2.4.3? >>>>> > >>>>> > -Keegan >>>>> > >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Guillaume Laforge >>>>> Groovy Project Manager >>>>> Product Ninja & Advocate at Restlet <http://restlet.com> >>>>> >>>>> Blog: http://glaforge.appspot.com/ >>>>> Social: @glaforge <http://twitter.com/glaforge> / Google+ >>>>> <https://plus.google.com/u/0/114130972232398734985/posts> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >
