+1 for small nightlies, it's always a pain to wait 30mins to download a nightly to test when you have the time, but by the time it's done downloading, you don't have time anymore.
On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 6:47 AM Mark Roszko <[email protected]> wrote: > >The long term plan is to build an MSI based installer, because that leaves > MSI is an absolute actual disaster to maintain and when it implodes you > have to whip out the registry editors and system clenaers to erase any > vestigal traces of metadata it uses to be able to even correct a package. > > Even Microsoft has gone away from using MSI for software distribution that > isn't part of Windows itself. Incidentally Inno Setup seems to be their > choice. > > On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 5:41 AM Simon Richter <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 02:04:15AM -0700, Andrew Lutsenko wrote: >> >> > I agree, if my proposal won't be accepted as is then whatever changes I >> > will make should be properly tested and won't be rushed for 5.1.3. But >> if >> > no changes will be required then all the hard work is done already. Just >> > need to merge the PR, run the build and upload both executables. >> >> I'm largely in favour, because I don't see myself getting around to >> replacing the entire installer with something sensible soon. >> >> The long term plan is to build an MSI based installer, because that leaves >> the option of either embedding the cabinet files into the MSI or leaving >> them external, and allows building binary patch installers that can >> upgrade >> existing installations in-place. >> >> Simon >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > > > -- > Mark > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- Remember The Past, Live The Present, Change The Future Those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future [JFK] [email protected] Live Long and Prosper, Andrey
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