> This is good, except for the part about not creating an > Extension. <smile/>
He said there were no plans for V1. I assume that means it will be in V2! :) > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > John Vottero > Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 5:32 AM > To: Bob Arnson > Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Should WiX add support for > installingWindowsinstrumentation features? > > > Bob Arnson wrote: > > > > John Vottero wrote: > > > Are you saying that it's impossible to create a good > Installer based > > > Installer class? > > > > > No. > > > That's fine with me, who do I start with? I just need some > > direction > > > from Microsoft. Right now, I have the PowerShell team > > saying "use these > > > Installer based classes to install your Cmdlets" but the Windows > > > Installer/WiX people are saying "Yuck, don't use that > > crap!". What am I > > > supposed to do? > > > > > Ask the PowerShell team to do the right thing for their > customers and > > their customers's customers. Worst case, they should document > > what the > > installer classes do so anyone can do it, regardless of tool. Better > > yet, they can provide merge modules, .wixlibs, or WiX extensions for > > strongly-typed authoring. Best of all, they can work with the > > WiX team > > to ship them in the box. Some teams already do some of it, but it's > > driven by customer demand. If they don't hear from customers > > that it's > > an issue, they're going to (logically) do the simplest thing. > > I posted this exchange and a number of questions on the PowerShell > newsgroup and here's the response: > > Posting on behalf of the feature developer. > > > Does the PowerShell team feel that PSSnapin is suitable for > professional > > Cmdlet installers? Or, is it intended to be a tool for developers to > use > > to quickly get a Cmdlet working? > > This is mostly tool for developer to get the cmdlet working. Release > setup > should set the registry keys explicitly. > > > > > Does the PSSnapin do anything other than creating registry entries? > > No. > > > > > Will the inner workings of PSSnapin be documented? > > It just sets series of registry keys. We need to document the > keys which > > vendors need to set for registering snapins. I will open a > bug for this. > > > > > Will the PowerShell team create a WiX extension? > > There is no plan for V1. > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the > chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and > earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge > &CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
