Sorry for my initial post of "disgust" related to Wix. It is sort of hard watching the baby that I helped nurture for the past two years just get punted by Microsoft.
I agree that it will probably be a better thing for everyone, if we do migrate away from supporting the msi/msm tasks and eventually phase them out with Wix related tasks (candle, light, lit, and dark). I think that this will help everyone involved since there will be more developers (importantly some from MS with access to internal docs/code) working on features, for the toolset. To get some Microsoft people supporting Windows Installer 3.0 will be a good thing, also. Something that needs to be considered is the clash of the licenses for both products. In the mean time, I�ll also switch gears with my vdproj converter project and look at generating the necessary xml fragment to be consumed by Wix. Thoughts on this are definitely welcomed... Jim > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ian > MacLean Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 1:21 AM > To: Ian MacLean > Cc: Ryan Cromwell; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Nant-users] Wix!!! > > Note that I think the wix announcement is cool just for the fact of > microsoft releasing somthing on sourceforge. If there is widespread > uptake migrating the msi tasks to the wiks format might be the right > move. > > Ian > > Ian MacLean wrote: > >> Heres a response from Jayme Edwards - the original author of NAnts msi >> tasks - which actually perform in a similar manner to wix. ( posed as >> a reply to the original announcement ) >> >>> Wow, >>> >>> Well here we go again. As the original contributor of the MSI task to >>> NAnt's "NAntContrib" project (http://nant.sourceforge.net), I knew >>> how useful an XML representation of MSI would be and put alot of work >>> into getting these to do nested directory configurations just like >>> demonstrated in the snippet above working, and automatically >>> registering COM and .NET .dlls properly. >>> >>> Many developers in the NAnt community put alot of hours into >>> refactoring these tasks, adding MSM support, and at my employer >>> (Rockwell Software) we use these tasks to actually build some product >>> installations with a high degree of success. >>> >>> What I don't understand is why Microsoft can't put the hours it >>> obviously spent copying what's in NAnt (MSBuild) and now the MSI/MSM >>> tasks (WiX) into building some high quality addins for Visual Studio >>> .NET that just generate and edit XML adhering to the NAnt MSI/MSM >>> task schemas? I mean I actually wrote an XML Schema definition for >>> the MSI/MSM tasks specifically to make integration easy, and while >>> Microsoft have been quick to "embrace and extend" even open source >>> projects, I've yet to see them play nicely with people who have taken >>> their technology (Microsoft .NET) and embrace it without having to >>> copy, rename, and confuse efforts. >>> >>> Maybe it's just me, but I'm looking forward to the days when >>> Microsoft returns to bringing some real innovation to the table like >>> before the Java lawsuits hit. >>> >>> Bummed, >>> >>> Jayme Edwards >>> Product Architect >>> RSProduction Portal >>> Rockwell Software >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> Ian >> Ryan Cromwell wrote: >> >>> How exciting would an NAnt Wix task or refactoring of the NAntContrib >>> - Msi/Msm tasks be! Maybe I'll work on a transform for vdproj -> >>> Wix xml. >>> >>> http://blogs.msdn.com/robmen/archive/2004/04/05/107709.aspx >>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/wix >>> >>> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------> ---- >>> >>> Tax headache? MSN Money provides relief with tax tips, tools, IRS >>> forms and more! <http://g.msn.com/8HMBENUS/2746??PS=> >>> ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net >>> email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial >>> presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo >>> technologies. 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