> What is the rationale behind using an MSI ? Has anyone attempted to > create a Python installer using something a bit simpler, like NSIS > [http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Main_Page]? If not, what are the reasons?
It's a lot of effort to look at any such tool (and I really mean a *lot* of effort - like a full week). That's why nobody did it. When I looked at MSI, I did it because it has a few unique features: - it supports 64-bit installers, which now is an absolute requirement (people really do want to use the AMD64 binaries) a shallow look at the feature list of NSIS suggest that NSIS would fail this requirement. - it supports installation through Windows Domain policy. I would be willing to drop this requirement, but I believe some users would not be happy. Nothing but MSI has this capability (by design of Windows Active Directory). Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
