Re: [WiX-users] Setup.exe cygwin question

2014-01-29 Thread BGINFO4X
> Before that even, I suggest explaining what this is about. At this moment, Is it only a technical question: can it be done such installer with WIX? If it is not possible technically, then the idea is finished. If it is possible, then the next logical step is to talk with "the cygwin community"

Re: [WiX-users] Setup.exe cygwin question

2014-01-28 Thread Jeremy Farrell
Before that even, I suggest explaining what this is about. Cygwin has a working installer. You're proposing creating a new installer for Cygwin which looks just like the current one. Why? I can imagine possible reasons, but without knowing some good ones it sound like a great deal of work for no ga

Re: [WiX-users] Setup.exe cygwin question

2014-01-28 Thread Carter Young
First of All, I would contact the maintainers of Cygwin(http://www.redhat.com/services/custom/cygwin/) and ask how that setup is packaged before trying to retrofit a WiX installer... Quoting Blair Murri : > Certainly it is possible using a custom BA from a bundle. Somewhat > less so from an

Re: [WiX-users] Setup.exe cygwin question

2014-01-27 Thread Blair Murri
Certainly it is possible using a custom BA from a bundle. Somewhat less so from an MSI. One big advantage of the bundle, however, is that the entire set of packages can be divided up between some arbitrary set of MSIs abstracted away from the end user (in fact, the most logical would be to have