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[DotGNU]open-source Windows installers
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Fergus Henderson |
Subject: |
[DotGNU]open-source Windows installers |
Date: |
Sun, 24 Nov 2002 16:22:04 +1100 |
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On 24-Nov-2002, Gopal V <address@hidden> wrote:
> [04:47] <Scandium> Nullsoft's installation system is open source :)
Are there any other open source installers for Windows?
I've been looking around for an open source Windows installer for Mercury.
But Nullsoft's installation system (NSIS) does not seem like a good fit,
since
- The scripting language is some horrible, incredibly low-level
VM assembly language that lacks named variables and structured
control-flow constructs.
- It was designed to be small (35k), at the expense of features
(e.g. see above). This is not a good trade-off for us, since
Mercury is going to be a large download anyway; we'd rather
have an installer which was easier to program, even if it
added a bit to the size of the download.
I suspect the same would apply for DotGNU...
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The University of Melbourne | of excellence is a lethal habit"
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