* Zero3 <zero3 at zerosplayground.dk> [2008-12-12 01:48:40]:
> Florent Daigni?re skrev:
> > * Zero3 <zero3 at zerosplayground.dk> [2008-12-11 19:18:30]:
> >
> >>> Disadvantages:
> >>> - Have to do some work on emu.
> >>>
> >
> > That alone is a good reason why *not* to do it. I don't see why
> > installers should be auto-built nor built from emu for that matter.
> >
>
> Investing time is a necessary cost for doing anything new. You won't get
> far without investing time in something...
>
True but NEW doesn't imply it's BETTER or even GOOD.
> Building the installers on emu seems like the most logical thing to me?
> Packaging the files the same place they are compiled seems like a good
> approach.
>
It doesn't to me, for several reasons. The major two are:
1) Installers have to be signed by 3rd parties because they are
the means we use to bootstrap the trust-chain... And we don't want devs
to store their private keys on emu.
2) Here you are talking about building a native installer from a
different platform. It's way from being a straightforward operation...
and even though it might be doable in this instance, we can't expect it to
be doable in any case.
> >> I'd argue that most
> >> coders can figure out how AHK works quite easily though. There are a
> >> bunch of examples on the AHK site (e.g.
> >> http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/scripts/VolumeOSD.htm) if anyone is
> >> interested.
> >>
> >
> > We all have soooo much free time on our hands that we would eager learn
> > that new, windows-only technology. Oh, and that's also why we do have a
> > native windows installer since before 0.7 started too btw.
> >
>
> Can't we drop the sarcastical tone for once, please?
>
What am I supposed to do here? The three options I see are
- ignoring you for good, even on the mailing lists
- being sarcastic
- cry, depress and eventually get drunk enough to forget about the
stupid technical solutions proposed.
> My point is merely that any maintenance should be possible for most
> coders. I'm not saying anyone should learn the whole language, I'm
> saying that small changes should be quite easy.
It's not matter of being easy/hard or even small/big. It's about
introducing yetAnotherThing core-devs will have to maintain.
I am fine with you writing your installer for your platform as long as
it doesn't involve core dev's time to deal with issues it raises.
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