Hi,
this continues the discussion at releases, where I asked to *not*
implement immediate file removal after NSIS installation.
(relevant issue is 49861)
http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=49861
Pavel Janík schrieb:
From: Andre Schnabel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 22:53:21 +0200
> I don't see the point, why we provide a "native installer" and then
> wrap it with NSIS, so that it is completely hidden from the user.
Andre, have you tried it? Please answer at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
well, I've tried now. (I didn't try in detail, as it was not the deafult
method for packagign on Sun provided builds, including german localization).
So .. if you install OOo using NSIS, all runs pretty well for the user.
The only thing I don't like about it, is that the unpacked install files
reside on your desktop. This should really be changed, if we are going
to provide NSIS as default install method on windows (I've never seen
any applikation that puts ~100MB to your desktop).
Problems occure after installation, if you want to Add components using
the windows software control panel. Although the panel seems to start
the OOo installer pretty well, you cannot add components. Installer ill
ask for the original .msi-File. Exactly, as told by of in the issue.
Now .. the user is lost. If he has never seen, that there has been a
.msi file .. how should he know, where to get it from?
My next claim (already said in the issue): in many cases it's better to
have plain install files. (Distributing via CD, special options for
network install that need to be passed to msiexec). At the moment it's
obvious how to get the plain files even from an NSIS package: install
once and leave the plain files.
Removing the files would make this harder.
So I still suggest that if we make NSIS the default packaing method for
windows and implement automatic file removal, this should be implemented
as option.
André
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