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Why choose Inno Setup?
MortenMacFly:
--- Quote from: Pharaoh Atem on February 18, 2006, 02:58:51 pm ---Beginning with Vista, M$ is going to impose the use of Windows Installer....
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I believe that this might be a good idea actually. I think the MSI concept is not too bad. You can do quite anything (if you know how... but that's the same for all installers). I'm hoping for two things:
1.) This might be a chance for a way out of the DLL hell (you know - having millions of MFC DLL's and similar on your HDD). Why? Because I hope that the default settings are that much intelligent that they setup a proper version check and install the DLL's in a common place. At least this might apply to devs not tweaking around with the defaults... (if there are any).
2.) Most installers have the same look-and-feel. So why not having the same engine, too? I have several versions of InstallShield-, WiseInstaller-, InstallAnywhere- and InstallWhatEver engines on my HDD. I hate that! Maybe they introduce one powerful engine and no installer is required to bring additional fancy stuff to be installed, too.
And in the end... doesn't have Linux some kind of a standard like this, too? I'm thinking about RPM packages here.
With regards, Morten.
takeshimiya:
I'm against MSI-installers and Vista (see #1).
MortenMacFly:
Well, I didn't say MSI is perfect. But I see it as a way in the right direction. And you say it here too:
--- Quote from: Takeshi Miya on February 18, 2006, 08:19:46 am ---[...] every program is distributed in different ways, there's almost no standard, and the only thing more or less popular are installers using MSI-like interfaces, [...]
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And that's what might get sorted out - at least as a first step. There is also enough room for competition: As a GUI that someone is not required to understand the deep-inside of MSI scripting and stuff...
With regards, Morten.
takeshimiya:
--- Quote from: MortenMacFly on February 27, 2006, 10:58:53 pm ---Well, I didn't say MSI is perfect. But I see it as a way in the right direction. And you say it here too:
--- Quote from: Takeshi Miya on February 18, 2006, 08:19:46 am ---[...] every program is distributed in different ways, there's almost no standard, and the only thing more or less popular are installers using MSI-like interfaces, [...]
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And that's what might get sorted out - at least as a first step. There is also enough room for competition: As a GUI that someone is not required to understand the deep-inside of MSI scripting and stuff...
With regards, Morten.
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While a standard is better than nothing, if they're imposing a new standard, at least they could do it right.
I don't think the concept "installers" is good.
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