Hey Andrew Thanks for finding it and pointing it out, this would be useful to a lot of windows users. I'll reach out to them
-Jake On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 10:06 AM, Andrew Pennebaker <apenneba...@42six.com>wrote: > 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! > > > > > > > > >
