Ian
Ian MacLean wrote:
Heres a response from Jayme Edwards - the original author of NAnts msi tasks - which actually perform in a similar manner to wix. ( posed as a reply to the original announcement )
Wow,
Well here we go again. As the original contributor of the MSI task to NAnt's "NAntContrib" project (http://nant.sourceforge.net), I knew how useful an XML representation of MSI would be and put alot of work into getting these to do nested directory configurations just like demonstrated in the snippet above working, and automatically registering COM and .NET .dlls properly.
Many developers in the NAnt community put alot of hours into refactoring these tasks, adding MSM support, and at my employer (Rockwell Software) we use these tasks to actually build some product installations with a high degree of success.
What I don't understand is why Microsoft can't put the hours it obviously spent copying what's in NAnt (MSBuild) and now the MSI/MSM tasks (WiX) into building some high quality addins for Visual Studio .NET that just generate and edit XML adhering to the NAnt MSI/MSM task schemas? I mean I actually wrote an XML Schema definition for the MSI/MSM tasks specifically to make integration easy, and while Microsoft have been quick to "embrace and extend" even open source projects, I've yet to see them play nicely with people who have taken their technology (Microsoft .NET) and embrace it without having to copy, rename, and confuse efforts.
Maybe it's just me, but I'm looking forward to the days when Microsoft returns to bringing some real innovation to the table like before the Java lawsuits hit.
Bummed,
Jayme Edwards Product Architect RSProduction Portal Rockwell Software [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ian Ryan Cromwell wrote:
How exciting would an NAnt Wix task or refactoring of the NAntContrib - Msi/Msm tasks be! Maybe I'll work on a transform for vdproj -> Wix xml.
http://blogs.msdn.com/robmen/archive/2004/04/05/107709.aspx http://sourceforge.net/projects/wix
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