Hi Laura, Regarding #2: This came up during the summit and we all agreed there would be a "portable" installation flag/command. This would allow you to deploy an application to a custom location, like a USB flash memory. Surprise! :)
/rafael On 6/28/2010 7:11 PM, [email protected] wrote > Second topic, was about installing software. I remember reading on the > wiki that the installer would use the MSI format. Not that familiar with > the format (usually prefer zip files and tarballs). However, can't help > wondering how applications like portable apps (programs that run on > removable drives or flash drives) will fit into the picture. Removable > drives fill a nice niche between cloud computing and having everything > local to one machine. You can take your programs and data with you > anywhere to any Windows system and work. If the install program ends up > tying a program to the registry or expecting it to be on a particular > drive at all times, it'll make it difficult to use the applications > provided by CoAPP as portable apps. It would be nice if CoAPP could host > portable apps alongside regular applications that tie in to the registry > and use helpful Windows features like defaulting file extensions to a > particular program. Has any thought about how to handle a typical > portable app (a program that's meant to be installed to a flash drive or > removeable drive) within the project? > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~coapp-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~coapp-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
