On Mon, 29 May 2017 21:20:27 +0300 Konstantin Podsvirov <konstan...@podsvirov.pro> wrote:
> 29.05.2017, 21:08, "Thomas Friedrichsmeier" > <thomas.friedrichsme...@ruhr-uni-bochum.de>: > > Hi! > > > > Creation of a proper installer has become much easier, recently, > > but I think there is still room for improvement. The next item on > > my list for this would be the choice of default packager (current > > 7z). > > > > In summary: I propose changing the default to NSIS. > > But, if KDE friends with Qt and CMake, why not use CPack IFW > generator to create QtIFW based standalone and online installers with > GUI and apropriate repositories (and it's crossplatform too)? > > https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/module/CPackIFW.html Because - as far as I can see - NSIS packaging is already implemented and functional in craft, while CPack is not. But then, that's one of my points: If ports can simply "use the default", instead of a specific packager (_and_ get something functional out of it), then it will be much easier to change the default once a better alternative is available. Regards Thomas
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