On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 2:26 PM, Jose Alf. <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I would like to help to build a new installer. I suggest we use InnoSetup or
> NSIS. I like InnoSetup because it's easier to mantain, but NSIS generates
> smaller installer files. I can try to understand what the current installer
> does, but it will go faster if you give me a summary.

Would it be possible to go with something Open Source and
build-able/built with MinGW-w64 such as:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/msys2/files/REPOS/MINGW/i686/mingw-w64-i686-qt-installer-framework-git-r2283.0d529d9-1-any.pkg.tar.xz/download
http://sourceforge.net/projects/msys2/files/REPOS/MINGW/x86_64/mingw-w64-x86_64-qt-installer-framework-git-r2283.0d529d9-1-any.pkg.tar.xz/download

Documentation is at:
http://qt-project.org/wiki/Qt-Installer-Framework

Example shell script and metadata files (used to create MSYS2 installers):

https://github.com/Alexpux/MSYS2-packages/tree/master/msys2-installer

Cheers,

Ray.

>
>
> On Tuesday, October 14, 2014 7:57 AM, niXman <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> Ruben Van Boxem 2014-10-14 16:47:
>
>> Well, I honestly don't really care what installer you use as long as it
>> works (that's why I brought it up now ;-)), but should you leave the
>> project suddenly for whatever reason (sickness, death, work, etc.),
>> there
>> would be no installer anymore. It would be logical that any project
>> member
>> could build such a thing by only downloading some free tools.
>> Additionally:
>> if it were only an update to the installer software that was needed,
>> everyone on the project could have updated it. But now the fix takes
>> longer
>> because it depends on a single person's personal access to commercial
>> software.
>>
>> Don't get me wrong: your installer is better than no installer (and
>> worked
>> well before this issue popped up out of nowhere), but it is still
>> suboptimal for an open source project run and maintained by various
>> people.
>
> I agree.
>
> I have no time now to create another installer. I will be grateful to
> you if you do this for  the project, not for me ;)
>
>
>
> --
> Regards, niXman
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