On 8/24/07, James Paige <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Howdy, all! Uberetzung is getting close enough that it is time to start > thinking about packaging. > > Previously, stable releases for windows were made of thee files
Since there is more than one, the correct grammar is "ye files." (No one respects Old English anymore.) > ohrrpgce-win-installer.exe > ohrrpgce.zip (AKA custom.zip) > ohrrpgce_play.zip > > the contents of the installer and the zip were about the same. > ohrrpgce_play.zip was the minimal version with just game.exe and some > text files. > > Here is what I envision for Ubersetzung and future releases: > > ohrrpgce-win-installer.exe Am I the only one who prefers zips to installers? > This would be the biggest file. It would include game and custom and all > support files, as well as the "import" subdirectory with some sample > songs and sfx and fonts, and a copy of Vikings of Midgard (hopefully, > if Fenrir is ready) Are you going to stop packaging BAMs in import? You should. > I would expect this file to be fairly big. Probably bigger than 5 mb, > but less than 10 mb. > > Then we would have: > > ohrrpgce.zip > > The minimalist distribution. It would just have game and custom and the > stuff you need to run them. included Readme files would direct you where > to download the sample music and sounds, and where do download Vikings > of Midgard (and other games). I am not sure whether madplay+oggenc > should be separate or included. This pleases me. > This would probably be close to the same size it was for the > Hasta-la-qb+ release, since the loss of game-qb and customqb will > approximately make up for the new dll files. > > Then: > > ohrrpgce_play.zip > > Should probably go away. (or redirect to ohrrpgce.zip) > > Beyond those, I can see pros and cons to having other packaging. Are > people going to want a minimalist windows installer? Doubtful. Minimalists don't want an installer. > Are people going to > want a full zip file including Vikings and all the import media? Does > the benefit of extra choices outweigh the confusion of "which one do I > donwload?" for new users? Good point -- maybe the full file, installer and imports and all, can be called "OHRRPGCE Game Development Kit" or something along those lines to disambiguate. I still want my no-installer zip. _______________________________________________ Ohrrpgce mailing list ohrrpgce@lists.motherhamster.org http://lists.motherhamster.org/listinfo.cgi/ohrrpgce-motherhamster.org
