Yup that pretty much sums it up :) On Sep 2, 2010, at 6:49 PM, Christopher Painter wrote:
> > I agree with you Bob except for one problem. I've found so few setup > experts > who also have the broader application development experience. Too few > developers want to specialize in this space. > > Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog > Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that deserves > attention? E-Mail Me > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Bob Arnson <b...@joyofsetup.com> > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Sent: Thu, September 2, 2010 7:32:20 AM > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapping and Burn > > On 02-Sep-10 06:13, Pally Sandher wrote: >> I have personally fixed things like that myself. Last year one of our dev's >> decided to implement the use of CAPICOM for some basic password encryption& >> MD5 >> checking& thought it was OK to tell me "just self-register the CAPICOM DLL >> in >> the installer& it'll work". He was also recommending we use an out-dated >> version of the discontinued CAPICOM containing some known security >> vulnerabilities. I re-wrote his code using the CryptoAPI completely removing >> the >> need for the CAPICOM redistributable. Incidentally he no longer works for us >> any >> more. >> >> When the product developers make stupid decisions which impact upon setup >> development, call them on it or be prepared to put up with more of the same >> until the end of time. > > This is why it's important for "setup developers" to be developers in > their own right, so they can speak with authority and, when necessary, > write code outside of setup to "lend a hand." > > -- > sig://boB > http://joyofsetup.com/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net Dev2Dev email is sponsored by: > > Show off your parallel programming skills. > Enter the Intel(R) Threading Challenge 2010. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-thread-sfd > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net Dev2Dev email is sponsored by: > > Show off your parallel programming skills. > Enter the Intel(R) Threading Challenge 2010. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-thread-sfd > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net Dev2Dev email is sponsored by: Show off your parallel programming skills. Enter the Intel(R) Threading Challenge 2010. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-thread-sfd _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
