Re: [pgadmin-hackers] pga3 website

[Andreas Pflug]

Dave Page wrote:

 

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From: Andreas Pflug [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: 05 August 2003 22:09
To: Dave Page
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Subject: Re: [pgadmin-hackers] pga3 website

Dave Page wrote:

   

I'm not after state of the art for the sake of it. The major 
     

reasons I 
   

use MSI are:

a) Easily scriptable for any msi file for automated installation

     

pgAdmin3 probably won't be distributed widely in a company, 
so I doubt 
pgAdmin3 will ever be distributed automatically.
   

I know of at least one case where pgAdmin II is used in this way though
I cannot go into details of that particular site. It also allows easy,
seamless installation as a post intall step of other installers.
 

b) Allows use/creation of merge modules for easy bundling of 
     

software - 
   

something Jean-Michel is extremely keen on.

     

Bundle with what?
   

PostgreSQL, psqlODBC, Npgsql, WinMaster...

I don't believe it until I see it happening.

 

So there's a monopolization for D.P. at the moment for compiling the 
releases...
   

Not really. You could get the Installer SDK from Microsoft (it's free),
or Wise, Installshield or anything else that supports MSI. Most will
open the MSI file directly, not requiring the Wise project file at all.
The pkg\win32 is tied to Wise now. AFAICS MS Installer seems to be *not* 
free (I  believed that too, until I tried to locate it today, it's free 
for "licensed customers of any VS6 Prof or Enterprise"), and VS6SP3 is a 
prerequisite either. While running in a MS-only development world is 
easy, we should provide non-MS ways too. Currently, using the MS 
Installer SDK would be consistent since we still need MS to compile.
BTW, to anticipate Jean-Michel: a multi-language installation process 
would be nice :-)

Besides which, so what if I make the builds? I've done it for the last 6
years anyway, and as Jean-Michel said quite recently, the installers I
build are of good quality.
 

There's no doubt about the quality, just do it....

Regards,
Andreas
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