Re: [GENERAL] The leanest, meanest Windows installer possible

2007-12-11 Thread Magnus Hagander
Mitchell Vincent wrote: > On Jul 29, 2007 2:51 PM, Magnus Hagander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Mitchell Vincent wrote: >>> Ah, I see what you mean. >>> >>> I was hoping to be able to rebuild the MSI to not include the things I >>> didn't need but that doesn't look like it's going to be the case..

Re: [GENERAL] The leanest, meanest Windows installer possible

2007-12-11 Thread Mitchell Vincent
On Jul 29, 2007 2:51 PM, Magnus Hagander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mitchell Vincent wrote: > > Ah, I see what you mean. > > > > I was hoping to be able to rebuild the MSI to not include the things I > > didn't need but that doesn't look like it's going to be the case > > Humbug.. Is there an

Re: [GENERAL] The leanest, meanest Windows installer possible

2007-07-30 Thread Tony Caduto
Mitchell Vincent wrote: I've been using PG for years and years but bringing it to the Win32 desktop presents some deployment challenges. Since this software will be downloaded I am looking for the smallest possible installer that provides the functionality I'm looking for. Hi Mitchell, I c

Re: [GENERAL] The leanest, meanest Windows installer possible

2007-07-29 Thread Magnus Hagander
Mitchell Vincent wrote: > Ah, I see what you mean. > > I was hoping to be able to rebuild the MSI to not include the things I > didn't need but that doesn't look like it's going to be the case > Humbug.. Is there any way at all to modify what's contained in the MSI > file so I can shrink the d

Re: [GENERAL] The leanest, meanest Windows installer possible

2007-07-29 Thread Magnus Hagander
Mitchell Vincent wrote: > Now that I think of it, shouldn't everything that is needed to build > the .MSI installer be in one of the source packages? As a user of > InnoSetup I'm afraid I'm clueless about MSI, so if someone could shove > me in the right direction I'd sure appreciate it! All that's

Re: [GENERAL] The leanest, meanest Windows installer possible

2007-07-29 Thread Mitchell Vincent
Now that I think of it, shouldn't everything that is needed to build the .MSI installer be in one of the source packages? As a user of InnoSetup I'm afraid I'm clueless about MSI, so if someone could shove me in the right direction I'd sure appreciate it! > On 7/28/07, Mitchell Vincent <[EMAIL PR

Re: [GENERAL] The leanest, meanest Windows installer possible

2007-07-29 Thread Mitchell Vincent
> On 7/28/07, Mitchell Vincent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Also remember you can run the standard installer in silent mode. I > think in the long run this is probably a better idea than what you are > thinking about doing... Yes, what I'm looking for is a way to reduce the size of the MSI inst

Re: [GENERAL] The leanest, meanest Windows installer possible

2007-07-29 Thread Merlin Moncure
On 7/28/07, Mitchell Vincent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all. I'm looking at distributing PostgreSQL with a desktop > application and have a couple of what might be simple questions. > > I've been using PG for years and years but bringing it to the Win32 > desktop presents some deployment chall

[GENERAL] The leanest, meanest Windows installer possible

2007-07-27 Thread Mitchell Vincent
Hi all. I'm looking at distributing PostgreSQL with a desktop application and have a couple of what might be simple questions. I've been using PG for years and years but bringing it to the Win32 desktop presents some deployment challenges. Since this software will be downloaded I am looking for th