My point was that if you never used Windows above XP, UAC and PCA could very well fool you when it comes to installing. So you should have a basic understanding of it! Yes in my understanding the same installer package will work with 32 bit and 64 bit (with the possibility that some file names will be different). -- Peter
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 23:53, Sergey Petrunya <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Peter, > > On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 09:28:33PM +0200, Peter Laursen wrote: > > 1) Another important point is that the installer should include an > > Application Manifest for compability with Windows "Program Compatibility > > Assistant" (PCA) of recent Windows versions. If not recent Windows will > > popup error messages when installing. > I would expect something like that to be handled by the installer (in the > same > way like it handles, e.g. unpacking files). At the moment we assume that > MySQL/MariaDB themselves use WinAPI in a way that's compatible with Vista > (and > higher). > > > 2) What here has been decribed as related to 'Vista' should be 'Vista and > > higher'. It also applies to Win2008, Win7 and Win2008r2. Do not forget > > those. Win7 will be the dominant Windows variant in a few months I > believe > > (and it deserves it as it is much better than both XP and Vista). Nobody > > should develop for Windows on 2K/XP/2003 these days. Get a copy of Win7 > 64 > > bit and use it. > I'm afraid I'll be using Win7 in the same way I'm using XP (for fixing > build > errors) and that alone won't bring any improvement. Are there any specific > properties or new features that we should look at? > > > 3) I can see that quite a lot of comments came here. I had no time to > study > > in detail. I will try in the weekend. > > . > > 4) 64 bit server for Windows will very soon be more important than 32 bit > > server I think (at least for production environments). Also note that > MySQL > > only distribute 'snapshots' from "MySQL labs" as 64 bit. 32 bit Windows > is > > dead as regards new systems (with the possible exception of netbooks - I > do > > not know if the CPUs used for those are 64 bit or not). > 64-bit Windows builds are on our todo. > Am I correct in my understanding that we'll need to produce two installer > packages (one for 32-bit, one for 64), but installation script will be the > same for both (like the C++ source code is)? > > BR > Sergey > -- > Sergey Petrunia, Software Developer > Monty Program AB, http://askmonty.org > Blog: http://s.petrunia.net/blog >
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