>> almost-but-not-quite trivial to build
I think that sums it up, it is still not trivial you have to install loads of
stuff some of which you might not need but who knows. If the extensions were
standalone it would be obvious what you needed and if the code built you would
know you had everything to develop just the extension you were interested in.
The current layout doesn't even easily load into VS so this doesn't help, it
seems to be all or nothing.
IMHO lots of lot self-contained extensions is the way to go - someone mentioned
a "Contrib" concept, I think this would be a good step forward. For example, I
am sure if you could load the IIS extension solution and it referenced the
installed libraries people would be more inclined to contribute.
Just my opinion...
Neil
From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com]
Sent: 30 January 2013 03:53
To: wix-devs@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-devs] Building WiX Code
On 19-Jan-13 18:24, Neil Sleightholm wrote:
I appreciate the issue of splitting the code but in my opinion it would be
worth it, as I see it it is currently too complex. I have been trying to build
WiX code for many years and it has never been possible to resubmit my changes
because the codebase is not structured in a way that makes it easy so I have to
rely on submitting bugs and hoping you guys can fix them. For example, the IIS
site code bug, the IIS log folder bug, IIS mine types - I solved these years
ago but by writing extra code rather than enhancing the core code.
Hence my confusion: Why would making it easier to build isolated parts make it
easier to contribute to WiX? Granted, it was a PITA to get a build machine for
WiX <=v3.6 but with the MSBuild work in v3.7, it's almost-but-not-quite trivial
to build. So build it once and you can hack on any part easily.
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