One other thing, I'm fairly sure that there is still no mention of the newsgroup which mirrors the wix-users mailing list.
Rob Rob Mensching wrote: > Great point. Can you open a bug so we don’t lose this? > > > > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Scott Palmer > *Sent:* Friday, December 01, 2006 12:44 > *To:* wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > *Subject:* [WiX-users] WiX website is confusing > > > > I wanted to download Votive V3.. which I think I already have, but I was > installing on a new machine... > > The install instructions for Votive here: > http://wix.sourceforge.net/votive.html > <http://wix.sourceforge.net/votive.html> don't mention how to install > votive at all. It only talks of prerequisites. > > The download links at the side don't separate Votive from the other Wix > tools. Clicking the Download V3 link goes to here: > http://wix.sourceforge.net/downloadv3.html > > Where there appears to be a link to download Votive 3.0, but all three > of the download links there go to exactly the same URL, even though they > refer to three different products. When you do go to the URL ( > http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=105970&package_id=168888 > > <http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=105970&package_id=168888>) > > you get a list of four files not one of which mentions Votive: > ProjectAggregator2-3.0.2211.0.msi.zip > <http://downloads.sourceforge.net/wix/ProjectAggregator2-3.0.2211.0.msi.zip?modtime=1160560022&big_mirror=0>, > > wix-3.0.2211.0-binaries.zip > <http://downloads.sourceforge.net/wix/wix-3.0.2211.0-binaries.zip?modtime=1160605132&big_mirror=0>, > > Wix-3.0.2211.0.msi.zip > <http://downloads.sourceforge.net/wix/Wix-3.0.2211.0.msi.zip?modtime=1160559914&big_mirror=0>, > > wix-3.0.2211.0-sources.zip > <http://downloads.sourceforge.net/wix/wix-3.0.2211.0-sources.zip?modtime=1160559929&big_mirror=0>. > > Hmm.. what exactly do you do to install Votive V3.0? If you start > expanding older releases you will find Votive-3.0.2015.0.zip > <http://downloads.sourceforge.net/wix/Votive-3.0.2015.0.zip?modtime=1155660246&big_mirror=0> > > as well as the other products mentioned on the download page like > ClickThrough-3.0.2015.0.zip > <http://downloads.sourceforge.net/wix/ClickThrough-3.0.2015.0.zip?modtime=1155660293&big_mirror=0>.. > > Maybe there isn't a new build of Votive, I start thinking... > > So I attempted to install the MSI for Votive-3.0.2015.0 only to get a > message that a later version is already installed! Searching through > Add/Remove programs yields no mention of Votive at all... huh? > > So finally my eyes hit the last news item on the WiX front page... > which basically says everything has been munged into one WiX3.msi. > > So could someone please update the download page so there aren't three > separate links and it is clear that all of the products are included in > one download. > > Thanks, > > Scott > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
