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Hi,
Text quoted from Derek Cicerone ("Re: [WiX-users] Localized version of
License.rtf"):
> The other option is to move to WiX 3.0. Work on the core of 3.0 is
very
> near completion, however, I'm still nervous about groups using 3.0
that
> are
> shipping anytime in 2006. It's not a matter of us churning the schema
so
> much anymore as just a general issue of 3.0 needing some bake time to
> ensure
> the major bugs are fleshed out.
I'd like to take this comment as a starting point to have a discussion
about the versions of WiX. About 10 days ago, I sent out an e-mail
asking people about experiences with the latest weekly builds to decide
if they can be pushed to SourceForge.
Only a single person replied. I take this that many, many people are
very happy with the version of WiX 2.0 they have installed and that
makes me conclude that WiX 2.0 is pretty stable.
The fact that some pretty big software ships with setups made with WiX
only confirms that.
Exceptions are the "add-ons": the CA's have their know limitations and
Votive and WixUI do pop up with enhancements on a regular basis).
[It would be interesting to find out which builds of v2.0 people are
using - maybe we should do a poll one day :)]
And, work on Wix 3.0 seems to have advanced quite a bit and can show off
with some compelling and working features. Quite often, the response is
"this works better in v3.0, we won't be porting back the change,
though".
I get the impression that Wix 3.0 is really worth trying out - at an
early "beta" stage, let's say.
That, thus, leads me to believe that v2.0 is finished and rather stable.
So, maybe it is about time to come out with that and start thinking
about talking in terms of "release candidates" or "final" versions?
All this would result in v2.0's stability being confirmed and the vast
improvements in v3.0 being acknowledged, so that the adventurous people
can star playing with v3.0 (so that it gets more attention, and that the
major bugs can be fleshed out)...
Of course, that's just my opinion, but I would love to hear feedback on
this.
Frederik.
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