Sorry for my initial post of "disgust" related to Wix. It is sort of hard watching the baby that I helped nurture for the past two years just get punted by Microsoft.
I agree that it will probably be a better thing for everyone, if we do migrate away from supporting the msi/msm tasks and eventually phase them out with Wix related tasks (candle, light, lit, and dark). I think that this will help everyone involved since there will be more developers (importantly some from MS with access to internal docs/code) working on features, for the toolset. To get some Microsoft people supporting Windows Installer 3.0 will be a good thing, also. Something that needs to be considered is the clash of the licenses for both products. In the mean time, I’ll also switch gears with my vdproj converter project and look at generating the necessary xml fragment to be consumed by Wix. Thoughts on this are definitely welcomed... Jim > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ian > MacLean Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 1:21 AM > To: Ian MacLean > Cc: Ryan Cromwell; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Nant-users] Wix!!! > > Note that I think the wix announcement is cool just for the fact of > microsoft releasing somthing on sourceforge. If there is widespread > uptake migrating the msi tasks to the wiks format might be the right > move. > > Ian > > Ian MacLean wrote: > >> Heres a response from Jayme Edwards - the original author of NAnts msi >> tasks - which actually perform in a similar manner to wix. ( posed as >> a reply to the original announcement ) >> >>> Wow, >>> >>> Well here we go again. As the original contributor of the MSI task to >>> NAnt's "NAntContrib" project (http://nant.sourceforge.net), I knew >>> how useful an XML representation of MSI would be and put alot of work >>> into getting these to do nested directory configurations just like >>> demonstrated in the snippet above working, and automatically >>> registering COM and .NET .dlls properly. >>> >>> Many developers in the NAnt community put alot of hours into >>> refactoring these tasks, adding MSM support, and at my employer >>> (Rockwell Software) we use these tasks to actually build some product >>> installations with a high degree of success. >>> >>> What I don't understand is why Microsoft can't put the hours it >>> obviously spent copying what's in NAnt (MSBuild) and now the MSI/MSM >>> tasks (WiX) into building some high quality addins for Visual Studio >>> .NET that just generate and edit XML adhering to the NAnt MSI/MSM >>> task schemas? I mean I actually wrote an XML Schema definition for >>> the MSI/MSM tasks specifically to make integration easy, and while >>> Microsoft have been quick to "embrace and extend" even open source >>> projects, I've yet to see them play nicely with people who have taken >>> their technology (Microsoft .NET) and embrace it without having to >>> copy, rename, and confuse efforts. >>> >>> Maybe it's just me, but I'm looking forward to the days when >>> Microsoft returns to bringing some real innovation to the table like >>> before the Java lawsuits hit. >>> >>> Bummed, >>> >>> Jayme Edwards >>> Product Architect >>> RSProduction Portal >>> Rockwell Software >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> Ian >> Ryan Cromwell wrote: >> >>> How exciting would an NAnt Wix task or refactoring of the NAntContrib >>> - Msi/Msm tasks be! Maybe I'll work on a transform for vdproj -> >>> Wix xml. >>> >>> http://blogs.msdn.com/robmen/archive/2004/04/05/107709.aspx >>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/wix >>> >>> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------> ---- >>> >>> Tax headache? MSN Money provides relief with tax tips, tools, IRS >>> forms and more! <http://g.msn.com/8HMBENUS/2746??PS=> >>> ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net >>> email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial >>> presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo >>> technologies. 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