[darcs-users] darcs patch: remove unused darcs.nsi
Max Battcher
me at worldmaker.net
Sat May 2 06:59:13 UTC 2009
Trent W.Buck wrote:
> AFAIK Windows binaries are now built via cabal. Therefore, can we
> apply this?
>
> Tue Nov 11 03:01:08 EST 2008 David Roundy <droundy at darcs.net>
> * remove unused darcs.nsi
This does not appear to be a build script, it appears to be an install
script for NSIS (the Nullsoft Install System). I have no idea if/when
such a thing has ever been used, however.
Maybe its time we talk about building a good installer for Windows. If
we packaged useful dependencies (as Zooko does with his darcsdir
collections) and auto-munged the System PATH (or even just the Local
PATH), we could create a nice installer that would be a great
introduction to darcs for new Windows users.
Do we have any NSIS or WiX gurus around? (Salvatore, do you have
experience with either?) Does cabal have a Windows install story, yet?
(Python's setuptools/distutils systems can build Windows installers, so
it's not unbelievable that cabal might have something similar...)
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