From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Asger Ottar Alstrup Subject: Re: Anyone running GIT on native Windows Date: Tue, 08 May 2007 20:21:29 +0200 Message-ID: References: <2b6901c78faa$cf9aa7e0$0200a8c0@AMD2500> <7vejlufmhd.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <2b7f01c78fb1$be4dc6a0$0200a8c0@AMD2500> <463ECEF4.625F3633@eudaptics.com> <463F14FF.F8DF11EB@eudaptics.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue May 08 23:00:22 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HlWnF-0002sz-IF for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Tue, 08 May 2007 23:00:21 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S967735AbXEHVAH (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 May 2007 17:00:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S967753AbXEHVAH (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 May 2007 17:00:07 -0400 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:39010 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S967735AbXEHVAF (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 May 2007 17:00:05 -0400 Received: from root by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1HlWmw-0004DG-E1 for git@vger.kernel.org; Tue, 08 May 2007 23:00:02 +0200 Received: from x1-6-00-06-1b-ce-5f-2f.k253.webspeed.dk ([80.162.62.94]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 08 May 2007 23:00:02 +0200 Received: from asger by x1-6-00-06-1b-ce-5f-2f.k253.webspeed.dk with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 08 May 2007 23:00:02 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: x1-6-00-06-1b-ce-5f-2f.k253.webspeed.dk User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (Windows/20070326) In-Reply-To: <463F14FF.F8DF11EB@eudaptics.com> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Johannes Sixt wrote: > The next big thing to think about is an installer. Does anyone have a > suggestion for a free installer tool? I only know about Microsoft's WiX > (wix.sf.net), but it requires .NET (for the developer, not the user). The relevant choices are: - WiX - http://wix.sourceforge.net/ - NSIS - http://nsis.sourceforge.net/ - Inno Setup - http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php NSIS is very low level, and thus has a pretty steep learning curve. You are more or less programming machine code. However, if you invest the time and energy, the NSIS installers are best of class: fast, small and it can do anything you want. WiX is based on .MSI technology, which is somewhat slow, but of course it works, since it's the "official" Microsoft installation format. Inno Setup is worth a second look. I think this might be the best choice for you: relatively simple to approach, and the installers are good. Regards, Asger Ottar Alstrup