Hi, I generate 2 MSI files in my nightly build: a test installer for the testers, which is basically a release installer just not officially to be released and contains more log info, and a development installer which developers can install. This last one is build with debug flags and contains the debug builds of our custom action DLLs. So basically showing more info in the log files and has asserts enabled and all sorts. This version the developers can install in a VM environment for personal testing and incorperating changes by other developers. When we reach a point in time that we need a release for customers we generate an installer for release (and some MSP files for patching existing versions if required) which contains no extended logging and more optimized code in the custom action DLLs. Ofcourse it is tested very thoroughly before shipping ;)
When testing all installers (as we developers sometimes need to do :) ) we run them inside VMs (virtual machines). With VMs you can also switch very easily between different versions, by using snapshots, for comparing issues in different versions. Regards, Albert van Peppen Senior System Engineer Insad Grafisch b.v. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sam Domonkos" <s...@pfgltd.com> To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 8:24 PM Subject: [WiX-users] test and production install > Hi, what is the best practice or recommended approach for providing a > Test version of a product and a Production version on the same server? > One installer or two? > > Thanks, > Sam > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs > proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
