Is there or will there be support for python merge modules so we can include
python in our installer?
Also, the discussions I saw about windows installers not removing the path on
uninstall is completely false as regards the installers that wix creates, at
least. I've modified the path many tim
>> Is there or will there be support for python merge modules so we can
>> include python in our installer?
>
>I haven't planned any. Contributions are welcome.
>
>> But has there been thought towards migrating away from msilib and using
>> platform standard tools such as wix (used by ms office, vi
> Using msilib is easier than using Wix. It's also more flexible.
IMO, no. It's simply not.
> All you have to know is how the MSI schema works.
Same with WiX.
> It could easily be extended to do so, in a straight-forward manner.
Other packaging apps already have it - no work needed.
> (actual
> If Python was starting at ground zero, and the choices were to create
> a library or to use WiX, the answer might have been different.
> However with a mature enough library to suit all the needs that anyone
> has been willing to author, it's certainly more work to create the WiX
> install and
> I found it much easier to use than WiX, which I also tried.
I also used to use the Visual Studio installer projects until I needed
something a lot more robust (e.g., customized UI + localizable strings). msilib
does the job people need it to do and that's fine. I'm really not trying to
argue
> I hadn't thought it through fully, but the preceding paragraph really
> gets to the core of the problem. The maintenance nightmare is security
> updates for private location installations by third parties. The only
> MSI-friendly way to update that code is through releasing an updated
> merge mod
> At work we keep the required stable UUIDs in an ConfigParser-format
> file checked in to the VCS for that purpose.
>
> FWIW our build system uses WiX (v2) currently and if I where to redo
> it, I'd change to msilib and not WiX v3. But never change working
> systems.
No need to do that if you're
> Can you please cite a source for that recommendation? Preferably
> some MSDN documentation.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368269(v=vs.85).aspx
http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/add_a_file.htm
Specifically, starting in bold, where it says "In general, you should restrict
yours
