Apologies if I misspoke. I did not submit the installer, I just happened to notice that it exists. If we send a gentle note on the Contact Owners<https://chocolatey.org/packages/thrift/ContactOwners>page, we can get some information on the installer source, maybe fork it and comb through it.
I understand Apache's policy limiting external download links, no getting around that. I think we can work together to get an official Apache Thrift Windows installer listed on the official installation tutorial, especially now that it's proven technologically possible. On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 3:58 PM, Joseph Schaefer <joe_schae...@yahoo.com>wrote: > No such policy that I'm aware of. All you need do is distinguish between > official release artifacts and convenience artifacts that you may not > control. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Sep 24, 2013, at 3:52 PM, "Roger Meier" <ro...@bufferoverflow.ch> > wrote: > > > > Andrew , > > this is great! > > > > I really like that simplification of install on the Windows platform. > > > > Adding such external download is not compatible with the Apache Policies > as > > far as I know. > > That's why we removed links to latest builds from the download page :-( > > > > Would be great to have your patches used to make NuGet within the Apache > > Thrift code base. > > "generate a .MSI that installs the thrift compiler and runtime > libraries" is > > a wish since 2010... > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT-874 > > > > Let's use apt-get like SUPER COW POWER on windows by using NuGet and > > chocolatey packaging. > > > > all the best! > > roger > > ;-r > > > > > > > > > >> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > >> Von: Ben Craig [mailto:bencr...@apache.org] > >> Gesendet: Dienstag, 24. September 2013 20:40 > >> An: u...@thrift.apache.org > >> Betreff: Re: Easy installer for Thrift in Windows > >> > >> I'm glad to see the thrift compiler get added to chocolatey. I've been > > talking > >> with some of the Boost maintainers about getting official NuGet support > > for > >> the Boost libraries. Once that happens, I intend on getting NuGet > support > >> added for the Thrift libraries. > >> > >> Note that I'm not making any promises as to which release that will go > in. > >> It's just something I've been researching. > >> > >> > >> > >> From: Andrew Pennebaker <apenneba...@42six.com> > >> To: Thrift Users <u...@thrift.apache.org>, > >> Date: 09/24/2013 12:43 PM > >> Subject: Easy installer for Thrift in Windows > >> > >> > >> > >> A Chocolatey-style installer for Thrift has been published for Windows > >> users: > >> > >> http://chocolatey.org/packages?q=thrift > >> > >> Could we include a link to this at the top of the Windows Thrift install > > tutorial? > >> > >> http://thrift.apache.org/docs/install/windows/ > >> > >> Now it's much easier for Windows users to setup Thrift! > > > > >
