Isn't this what we're discussing? Different ways to solve the patching problem?
I totally agree we haven't hit consensus. We've worked our way to a big
question, the "higher level model" in Bob's words, of how to make patching
really work, instead of the disconnected set of tools we use today. I suggested
we maybe should consider the MSBuild targets to get there and I think Bob
agreed that's a good place to start...
Sorry if the process takes a little bit to get there. Patching is both one of
the hardest parts of the Windows Installer and the least developed in the WiX
toolset. I expect we still have quite a bit of ground to cover to get to an
answer. Do you agree?
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From: Tunney, Stephen [mailto:stephen.tun...@nuance.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2015 9:29 AM
To: WiX toolset developer mailing list
Subject: Re: [WiX-devs] Updating Melt to extract files from the Binary table
for patching
Ok, so I need some way to meet a consensus here as to the "plan" between you
two since you are the primary stakeholders in all of this. I'm just a squirrel
with a nut!
1) Create new tools that does the extraction, remove this functionality
completely from Dark and Melt
2) Consolidate extraction functionality into ONLY ONE of the two tools
(ie. Dark could extract, Melt would update wixpdbs accordingly ONLY for an MSI,
MSM functionality would not change)
3) Have common code that both tools call in DTF
4) Do nothing :(
From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com]
Sent: January-20-15 3:24 PM
To: wix-devs@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:wix-devs@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [WiX-devs] Updating Melt to extract files from the Binary table
for patching
On 20-Jan-15 14:54, Stephen Tunney wrote:
I think one less executable would be a good thing. Less code to maintain, etc.
etc.
Adding modes makes more complicated code and the only thing you've saved is the
"shell" work in having an additional project.
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