Just to clarify my previous message. (Probably this message had to be posted first :)
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:37:08 +0300 From: Andrew Makhorin <[email protected]> To: xypron <[email protected]>, Luiz Bettoni <[email protected]> Hi Xypron, Hi Luiz, First of all let me to thank you for your efforts concerning glpk. Based on frequent questions posted to the help-glpk list I think it would be reasonable to merge all our developments for MS Windows into a single package. This would allow to facilitate installing and using glpk by beginners, in particular, by undergraduate students who do not have enough skills to build and install Glpk+Winglpk+Gusek by themselves on Windows machine. This also would allow us to maintain our developments more efficiently. Below I outline my idea and would like to know your opinion about it. My idea is the following: 1. There are hosted two distributions: source code distribution glpk_X_Y_src.zip (since it is required by the GNU GPL and since we need to have it in sync), and binary distribution glpk_X_Y.msi (or converted to .exe) suitable for one-touch installation. 2. The source code distribution includes: glpk-X.Y.tar.gz (official glpk tarball); zlib-X.Y.tar.gz (official zlib tarball); scite203.tgz (original Scintilla and SciTE source code downloaded from Neil Hodgson's site; I hope his personal license is compatible with the GNU GPL, however, will consult GNU mentors); WinGlpk source code archive (does not include source code from glpk tarball and binaries); Gusek source code archive (does not include binaries); Scripts and necessary stuff to automatically patch the source code, compile all the components, and build the binary glpk distribution in the form of .msi database. (Of course, this requires some tools as MS Visual Studio and WIX to be installed.) 3. The binary distribution includes all necessary components (except the source code) to be installed in "Program Files/GLPK". If you find my idea reasonable, please inform me. I am ready to discuss any further details. Best regards, Andrew Makhorin _______________________________________________ Help-glpk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-glpk
