Just allow it to be set on a higher level, like componentGroup

<componentGroup ... unspecifiedVital="yes">


On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 4:28 AM, Rob Hamflett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I'd vote for on by default.  In our installers, the files that aren't
> vital could still cause
> problems overall if they weren't present.  For example, the help docs
> aren't vital because the
> product doesn't need them to work, but it would be very annoying for the
> user if they can't find
> them when needed.  There are several other files, in several other
> products, which aren't needed,
> but result in some form of lost functionality/ability/support if absent.
>
> Rob
>
> Bob Arnson wrote:
> > I just posted a request for comments on my blog, to ask about a change
> > we're considering to simplify WiX authoring. You can see the post here:
> >
> > http://www.joyofsetup.com/2008/05/03/rfc-vitality/
> >
> > The short version is that we're considering marking all files with the
> > msidbFileAttributesVital bit set by default. That's a behavior change
> > and we wanted to get feedback before deciding either way. Please read
> > the whole post and let us know what you think, either via blog post
> > comments or mail on this list.
> >
>
>
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