This has come up a few times. Here's my thoughts (Blair basically captured them): http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2010/11/13/Is-WiX-v3.5-ready-What-about-v3.6
On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 3:54 PM, Blair <os...@live.com> wrote: > v3.5.2229.0 was recently declared an RC (Release Candidate) which means it > has for some time now been restricted in the kinds of changes allowed to be > checked in to preserve stability. With this morning's build of v3.5.2312.0 > (which would be RC3) v3.5 should be very close to "done". You can check the > bugs on SF to see what "remains" to be considered/included for v3.5 if you > wish. So, v3.5 is considered very stable and something you can depend on > not > changing much. > > V3.6 still has some more work, but except for details in candle & light > related to bundles (since that is how burn packages are assembled) there > are > not very many other likely changes to those two tools. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paden, Patrick [mailto:patrick.pa...@wolterskluwer.com] > Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 12:15 PM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] Stability question of 3.5/3.6 > > I am new to WiX, and I am liking it (just wanted to give a kudos) > > > > I have a requirement to place .NET 4.0 files into the GAC > > >From the many forums I have been pouring through, it seems that using > the stable version of WiX 3.0 is not an option at all without > recompiling (which has crossed my mind) Light.exe's app.config file with > the <supportedRuntime version="v4.0" /> > > (if I had read correctly) > > > > Though the easy route would be to use the unstable WiX 3.5/3.6 which > does have the functionality for .NET 4 > > > > There are many tools in the WiX project. If I only use candle and light > (this is a hope, cannot hurt to ask) and not the other tools, would > those be considered stable in the WiX 3.5/3.6 version? > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > Patrick Paden > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > Centralized Desktop Delivery: Dell and VMware Reference Architecture > Simplifying enterprise desktop deployment and management using > Dell EqualLogic storage and VMware View: A highly scalable, end-to-end > client virtualization framework. Read more! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/dell-eql-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Centralized Desktop Delivery: Dell and VMware Reference Architecture > Simplifying enterprise desktop deployment and management using > Dell EqualLogic storage and VMware View: A highly scalable, end-to-end > client virtualization framework. Read more! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/dell-eql-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Centralized Desktop Delivery: Dell and VMware Reference Architecture Simplifying enterprise desktop deployment and management using Dell EqualLogic storage and VMware View: A highly scalable, end-to-end client virtualization framework. Read more! http://p.sf.net/sfu/dell-eql-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
