Re: [WiX-users] WebDeploy vs MSI

2013-05-09 Thread Rob Mensching
her Painter" , "General discussion for > Windows Installer XML toolset." > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WebDeploy vs MSI > > I dislike WebDeploy for a number of reasons: 0. Fundamentally, > WebDeploy operates using a "sync" concept. It tries to make a mach

Re: [WiX-users] WebDeploy vs MSI

2013-05-08 Thread Christopher Painter
tions. From: "Rob Mensching" Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2013 10:46 AM To: "Christopher Painter" , "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WebDeploy vs MSI I dislike WebDeploy for a number of reasons: 0.

Re: [WiX-users] WebDeploy vs MSI

2013-05-08 Thread Rob Mensching
I dislike WebDeploy for a number of reasons: 0. Fundamentally, WebDeploy operates using a "sync" concept. It tries to make a machine look like other machines. You can package up a bunch of these settings but it's still just applying settings to make the machine look like another. That fundamental

[WiX-users] WebDeploy vs MSI

2013-05-07 Thread Christopher Painter
A question for the group, and Rob, I've been a big believer in MSI for 10 years now. If you were looking at deploying ASP.NET apps to an AWS environment, would you still package the app as an MSI or would you consider another paradigm such as WebDeploy? Thanks, Chris ---