On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 12:53 PM, Tim van der Leeuw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Peer Sommerlund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> >> 2008/8/14 Tim van der Leeuw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 2:29 PM, TK Soh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 12:26 PM, Tim van der Leeuw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> wrote: >>>> > >>> >>> [...] >>>> >>>> > But that's not a request to make on the TortoiseHG mailing list! >>>> >>>> Why not? >>> >>> Why not? Well, because it's more a request about the Mercurial installer >>> than about TortoiseHG itself. How can I request to devs working on >>> TortoiseHG to make a version of their product available that doesn't >>> actually install their product? ;-) >> >> The THG installer installes THG and Mercurial. >> >> You might request that the THG installer could install only parts of the >> system, if not enough privileges were available. >> >> THG is based on Inno Setup, and a simple script can handle only one >> permission level. It is possible with some advanced programming to handle >> several permission levels. This is how TortoiseSvn provides an installer >> that will work for both admins and non-admins. TSVN uses a WiX installer >> which works differently from Inno Setup. >> >> I would like a THG installer which can handle both permission levels ... >> but think it will require a fair amount of knowledge about installation to >> write such a thing. multi-permission-level is easy with WiX, but it also >> requires effort to rewrite the installer. >> >> Peer > > I think it would be nice if the installer could provide several options of > what to install, for instance: > [x] Base Mercurial > [x] Graphical commit tool extension (qct) > [x] Graphical diff/merge tool extension (kdiff3) > [x] (other extensions) > [x] Windows Explorer integration (TortoiseHG) > > And then the required permission level for the selected options can be > determined and requested based on the user selection. > > I don't know if that is possible with InnoSetup, or how much work it would > be?
Looks nice. Let's see if we can make this work. Anyone like to take the challenge? > Regards, > > --Tim > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Tortoisehg-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tortoisehg-discuss
