David Bateman wrote:
> Michael Goffioul wrote:
> 
> How easy would it be to adapt you NSI script to the MinGW package? I
> also think it would be a good idea to wrap the compilers and the option
> to install them in the installer as this is where the MinGW installer
> will excel relative to the MSVC installer.
> 
> Basically I know nothing above the NSI scripting language and avoided
> learning it, but it seems that the MSVC and MinGW packages will be so
> similar that the modifications in NSI for one or the other will be minimal.
> 


Hmm, I also currently have never worked with nsi scripts. I took a quick 
look at micheal's .nsi scripts in the repos and did not understand them 
at first, so I have to do some learning.

I personally would have shamelessly extracted useful code from michael's 
script and adapted for the mingw32 package.
I don't know which way is the easier:
  -) assuming that the msvc and mingw packages are similar, and adding 
effort (every time) to every difference that occurs
  -) adding effort to have seperate msvc and mingw scripts, taking 
advantage of michael's already available scripts

I tend to use the second option.

The packages are basically similar but there will be many different 
details (at least currently) - this may change over time, who knows.
So I'd start with a rather simple installer with less options, only the 
ATLAS part, and a full octave installation (no options there).
This can (and will) be improved over time.

benjamin


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