On Wednesday 06 August 2003 00:18, Andreas Pflug wrote:
> Dave Page wrote:
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Andreas Pflug [mailto:pgadmin@pse-consulting.de]
> >>Sent: 05 August 2003 22:09
> >>To: Dave Page
> >>Cc: jm.poure@freesurf.fr; pgadmin-hackers@postgresql.org
> >>Subject: Re: [pgadmin-hackers] pga3 website
> >>
> >>Dave Page wrote:
> >>>I'm not after state of the art for the sake of it. The major
> >>
> >>reasons I
> >>
> >>>use MSI are:
> >>>
> >>>a) Easily scriptable for any msi file for automated installation
> >>
> >>pgAdmin3 probably won't be distributed widely in a company,
> >>so I doubt
> >>pgAdmin3 will ever be distributed automatically.
> >
> >I know of at least one case where pgAdmin II is used in this way though
> >I cannot go into details of that particular site. It also allows easy,
> >seamless installation as a post intall step of other installers.
> >
> >>>b) Allows use/creation of merge modules for easy bundling of
> >>
> >>software -
> >>
> >>>something Jean-Michel is extremely keen on.
> >>
> >>Bundle with what?
> >
> >PostgreSQL, psqlODBC, Npgsql, WinMaster...
>
> I don't believe it until I see it happening.
>
> >>So there's a monopolization for D.P. at the moment for compiling the
> >>releases...
> >
> >Not really. You could get the Installer SDK from Microsoft (it's free),
> >or Wise, Installshield or anything else that supports MSI. Most will
> >open the MSI file directly, not requiring the Wise project file at all.
>
> The pkg\win32 is tied to Wise now. AFAICS MS Installer seems to be *not*
> free (I believed that too, until I tried to locate it today, it's free
> for "licensed customers of any VS6 Prof or Enterprise"), and VS6SP3 is a
> prerequisite either. While running in a MS-only development world is
> easy, we should provide non-MS ways too. Currently, using the MS
> Installer SDK would be consistent since we still need MS to compile.
No we don't - I compiled it under MinGW, but my patches and notes about it
were ignored.
Regards !
