> Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 16:48:43 -0500 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Users] Agents for Windows > > On 12/19/2013 04:45 PM, Bob Doolittle wrote: > > > > On 12/19/2013 04:40 PM, Itamar Heim wrote: > >> the main problems with delivering windows binaries are build machines, > >> licensing of tools, etc. > >> so there is no problem with you providing those builds if they don't > >> happen to be available already. > > > > From the peanut gallery: > > > > Since you're already building the Windows drivers on some (set of) > > Windows build servers and putting it onto the ISO(s), that would seem to > > be a good time to build the Windows Guest agent as well, and deliver it > > in the same manner, thus killing multiple birds with one stone. > > > > Is that possible? > >Hey, we're on a topic that I've been wanting to email, but wasn't sure which > >devel list to send it to. I have a few contributions that I would like to > >make in this area, but I'm not sure how to get started or what I can do > >(licensing). 1) I have created a .bat installer which properly copies the > >files to the right places, starts the service, and sets it to start at boot. > >Tested XP through 2012 R2, 32 & 64-bit (well, not XP 64-bit). 2) I have a > >.exe installer (2 technically) which includes the ovirt-guest-agent built > >files, the .bat installer, and can display a license. It extracts the files, > >and then the .bat runs to copy the files and start the service.3) I'm in the > >process of making a uninstall script to help with the removal. What I'd like > >to know/do1) Is it possible to distribute the binary files with an > >installer? If so then someone like me could build them on a windows system > >and share them back to oVirt in a .exe installer, a .iso with installer > >(.bat or .exe), or a .zip with an installer (.bat likely). More or less like > >we are doing for Ubuntu ovirt-guest-agent. 2) Can I contribute the .bat > >installer to the ovirt-guest-tools repo so those who get-clone and build the > >binaries only need to click the "install.bat" to get a working install? Less > >desirable, but in a somewhat right direction. 3) If I contribute the .bat > >installer, could we build a .zip and .iso which include the built files and > >.bat installer? The .zip wouldn't be any different than the .exe - extract > >the files, click install.bat and vola. Probably depends on #4 4) The problem > >is we don't readily have the windows binaries. We want to build the binaries > >on a common platform (Linux) - which I think we can do with pyinstaller > >(since py2exe isn't available on Linux). Can I assist with that, which would > >help lead to a .zip or .iso without needing a Windows system? I can't say we > >can generate a installer from python, but we might be able to. I want to > >help with everything in the above. At the worst I'm getting ready to revamp > >the "How to build ovirt-guest-tools for Windows" and could include a > >copy/paste-able version of the install.bat so someone could generate their > >own installer (install python, git-gui, clone repo, compile, click > >install.bat, done) or even one a guide which does builds the same but > >creates a distributable .zip that someone could use on their installs, but > >no distribution outside of their oVirt. All ideas and I want to help! But > >I'll need a hand - I don't know how to use git. I want to learn though.- Nick > > we'd need to build this on ovirt or fedora or any other publicly > available infra (iirc, it can't be done via mingw, but i could be wrong). > I'd be really happy if anyone can try and help with this task, and > investigate if mingw can solve it for the guest agent, etc. > > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
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