On 2/21/2012 2:58 AM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: > A couple of thoughts really quick, and we'll take this to the > packagers@ list because I think it is a better fit to that list > (lots of arcane windows details that might actually be interesting > to .depot/.pkg/.rpm maintainers)... > > 1. Base on now-current Studio 2010 SP1. Because anything else > now seems silly with free express editions. > > 2. Replace IS gunk with wix, because wix is free (and goodness). > > 3. Upgradable from the first incremental release, because the whole > uninstall/reinstall dance sucks. > > 4. Incorporate soon-current lua/pcre/expat/zlib/OpenSSL, although > several of these are right now in beta, and we should start > shipping once those are released (and get stuck with them for > a few years).
I had missed 5. sorry... 5. Install conf/ log/ htdocs/ et al OUTSIDE of C:\Program Files[ (x86)]\ I think 5. is most critical. We are overdue to move this to AppData. It isn't trivial but I don't want 'us' to be stuck explaining UAC issues for the next 10 yrs.
