Of course, Peter is biased since he's never really used WiX v2 and doesn't like fixing bugs there (not that we fix them any more since v2 is now nearly completely locked down). <smile/>
Note that WiX v3 will continue to go through bumps and bugs for the next year or so (my guesstimate). WiX v2 really isn't changing at all (unless we find a blocking bug that crashes or something). If you want to pick up a build of WiX and not think about it for a long time, you should consider WiX v2. If you want more features and are willing to pick up a new build every month or so, then WiX v3 is fine at this point. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Marcu Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 12:55 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] For a commerical install - Wix 3.0 Vs Wix 2.0 WiX 3.0 is fairly stable at this point. Very few new features are being added and it is being used by some fairly large and complex installs already. It is also is more feature rich than 2.0, as well as having many bugs fixes that didn't make it into 2.0. As long as you are willing to update your wix binaries if something changes and update your sources to match the change (WixCop should help you with that), I would go with 3.0. To summarize: There are many commercial installs out there already on WiX 3.0 and it is fairly stable at this point. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 12:14 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] For a commerical install - Wix 3.0 Vs Wix 2.0 I am trying to figure out if Wix 2.0 is better then Wix 3.0 for a client's commerical product installation that I am trying to migrate out of InstallShield 9.0. Even though 2.0 is the "stable" version, I have had some problems with the latest downloads 2.0.5325.0, e.g. missing .wixobj files etc. I can't even build the source downloads. The make.bat calls NMAKE, not NANT. Rather than upgrading InstallShield from 9 to the latest, I have been experimenting with Wix, as I have not been to impressed with InstallShield. I current use the the "basic install" format, using C++ as opposed to InstallScript for CA's. Thank you: Aris Green ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
