Hi, On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 1:32 PM, Dominik Guder <o...@guder.org> wrote: > Hi Timotheus, > > thanks for your suggestion. IMHO there is no other installer right now. > We started thinking of creating one since the download/unblock issue > drove us nuts. Boy does it. :) > > In office we created a separate svn repository just for dev tools like > nant and wix. So the users just do an update an she is done. This only > requires to add nant\bin path to %PATH% once for each machine. > > Wix/MSI has some benefits when it comes to multiple deployments in > larger teams. It might be deployed by group policies. But it is rather > complex. > Innosetup is IMHO the easiest installer tool. I only saw some nsis files > (more complex than innosetup) and I did all of our .net setups with WiX. Yeah, I use to use nsis for projects at work but those were complicated to create, let alone maintain. I switched to WiX which is simpler compared to nsis, plus it integrates well with Visual Studio. I never looked into innosetup, which is what prompted my original question.
I wouldn't mind investigating further once the SF CVS to github migration is complete. Of course there are other higher priorities before checking this out. Thanks, Ryan > > Besides this I would add nant.exe to path than creating a nant.bat file > in %WINDIR%. Which requires admin rights. > > So far > Dominik > > Am 11.11.2011 18:51, schrieb Timotheus Pokorra: >> Hello Ryan, >> >>>> The script file for InnoSetup looks like this: >>> This is interesting. Just out of curiosity, what are the advantages >>> of using this compared to using another type of installer, such as >>> WiX? >> >> I have not used WiX before. >> I sometimes work with NSIS from Nullsoft, which has the advantage of >> being able to build Windows Installers even on Debian. >> But NSIS scripts are a little bit more difficult to write, and I like >> the easy scripting of Inno Setup, which allows eg. to write the >> nant.bat easily. >> >> I am not saying that Inno Setup is the best ;) >> It is just what I am used too, and I have not seen any other windows >> installer for NAnt yet, or did I miss something? >> >> Have a good weekend, >> Timotheus >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> RSA(R) Conference 2012 >> Save $700 by Nov 18 >> Register now >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev1 >> _______________________________________________ >> NAnt-users mailing list >> NAnt-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nant-users >> > > > -- > The answer to the great question of life, > the universe and everything is 42 (Douglas Adams) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > RSA(R) Conference 2012 > Save $700 by Nov 18 > Register now > http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev1 > _______________________________________________ > NAnt-users mailing list > NAnt-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nant-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RSA(R) Conference 2012 Save $700 by Nov 18 Register now http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev1 _______________________________________________ NAnt-users mailing list NAnt-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nant-users
