Hi, > Gesendet: Samstag, 25. Juli 2015 um 17:22 Uhr > Von: "Michael T. Pope" <mp...@computer.org> > An: "FreeCol Developers" <freecol-developers@lists.sourceforge.net> > Betreff: Re: [Freecol-developers] Installer fail > > On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 15:51:12 +0200 > win...@genial.ms wrote: > >> I tried to find it, but it neither was on SF downloads nor on > >> www.freecol.org? > > Or did you mean I shoud install sftp and try to log in to the webserver, > > Yes, I was hoping you had a reasonable ssh setup that included sftp. That > seemed like a good place to put it given that freecol.org was still down > when I tried. Looks like it is up now, which is good. I will see if I > can get to the magic downloads directory tomorrow, as it is getting late > here. >
Can you recompile it now and stuff it into Dropbox or just try emailing me the installer you produced so I can test it (I think my mailbox is large enough)? > > - the src.zip contained all kinds of wrong stuff like www.freecol.org, > > netbeans, > > freecol and unused folders and even a compiled FreeCol.jar, > > AFAICT src.zip just contains the current git tree in a cleaned state. > This was probably fine before, but I agree it should not contain the > website. > > > * this definitely needs some tweaking in the build.xml to prevent that > > before > > the release (or as temporary fix manually delete unnecessary stuff from > > the > > src.zip after building and before uploading) I got this mostly fixed now, but excluding the FreeCol.jar did not work in the same way as excluding the directories. Can you see if you find a way to do this? I think, this is the only real release blocker left, after you fixed the triple dots. > > - the installer.exe > > * it cleanly installed > > * it did not contain much unused files (besides the linux desktop file) Nothing to worry about. > > * it still got the known problem of not adding the uninstaller to the > > list in > > Windows system control of installed programs you can deinstall > > updating izpack may help, but I would like to avoid doing it before the > > release Longterm minor problem, we lived with it for so long that one more release having it is IMHO ok. > > * the start menu contains the uninstaller, but its hidden in Windows 8 > > if you dont have an extra start menu utility installed, like I have Partially mitigates the above problem and is otherwise nothing we can or need to change. > > * the icon of the optional desktop shortcut looks ugly, as if only a low > > res > > version got packaged, but that is only a very minor problem People probably don't notice, we can fix it later. > > > > I still would like to add to the build.xml to get the developer.pdf > > included, > > but am not sure if it will work easily. Still on my todo list, but we could do without. > > Trying the jsmooth options changer GUI program is another thing I still > > want to do. > First place on my todo list now, but we can do without checking this. > OK, good news that you have sighted a working (if known-flawed) > installer. Please advise when whichever of the above you consider > release-blocking is fixed. I am not in a good position to judge their > importance. > > Cheers, > Mike Pope Greetings, wintertime ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Freecol-developers mailing list Freecol-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freecol-developers
