Can TFS do concurrent builds? If more than one build kicked off at the same time, that could be pretty bad.
Chris On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 5:35 PM, Neil Sleightholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just a thought but why not put the WiX MSI in TFS and then do a silent > install of WiX at the start of the build. Then you get the best of both > worlds, a standard WiX install and WiX being automatically updated on > all build machines. Also, if the WiX tool set gets some new tools or > config you don't need to figure out how they need to be installed. > > Neil > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John > Nannenga > Sent: 07 July 2008 21:33 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Integration of WiX v3 on team build server > > 2 big benefits I can think of: > > 1) Machine maintenance > If you have 5 build machines, you don't have to update WiX on > all 5 of the build machines. The synch process pulls down the > appropriate WiX version during the build process. > > > 2) Large projects that share Build machines don't need to all share the > same version of WiX. > Individual projects within a greater product build process could > use different /specific versions of WiX. If 1 of your 50 projects needs > to move to a later version of WiX (bug fixes, feature enhancements, > etc...) it can do so without wondering what side effects might be > introduced to the other projects should they all have moved to the later > version of WiX. > > Etc... > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Christopher Karper > Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 3:25 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Integration of WiX v3 on team build server > > How would you expect the build server to be able to use the WiX tools > without them being installed? > > I mean, strictly speaking you don't need to install them, just make them > available. But what would be the benefit? > > Chris > > On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 4:01 PM, Dmitry Berkovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Hi, > > I want compile WiX projects on team build server, but I don't want > > install WiX on build server, so I am planning add all needed files to > > source control. > > I have some problem when I am compile wixproj file. wixproj file > > contains those 2 lines: > > <WixTargetsPath Condition=" '$(WixTargetsPath)' == '' > > > ">$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\Microsoft\WiX\v3.0\Wix.targets</WixTargetsPat > h> > > <Import Project="$(WixTargetsPath)" /> > > > > Since WiX not installed on build machine I override CoreCompile target > > of Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.targets in my TFSBuild.proj file, so > > I can transfer WixTargetsPath to MSBuild task. The problems that build > > failed since I have error: > > Solution file warning MSB4122: Scanning project dependencies for > > project "MyProj.wixProj" failed. Blablabla since "WixTargetsPath" not > > exist. > > > > What I need to do to resolve this problem? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Dima > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > - > > Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! > > Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, > > along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness > > and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > - > Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! > Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, > along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness > and boredom. 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