On 2005-05-24 at 22:10:08 Alexander S. Kunz wrote: > Can someone give a short summary on the *advantages* of releasing software > in an MSI install package?
- Required for Microsoft's "Designed for Windows" logo program - Required for a bunch or corporate software deployment schemes - Can provide "install on demand" feature from network sources - Can provide "auto-healing" of damaged applications - Can provide efficient patching for upgrades (theoretically, never seen this in practice :) ...and probably a whole other slew of features, see http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/msi/setup/about_windows_installer.asp for all the gory details. In fact, the system is so complex that only Microsoft seems to be able to generate reasonably correct MSI installations. And even then, they fail regularly. :P IMHO an installer (and its corresponding uninstaller) should be made according to the KISS principle. This reduces the changes of anything going wrong during installation or removal of a software package. MSI is a clear example of a way over-designed installation system. :) Anyway, we're getting offtopic now. I guess RITLabs chose the MSI path primarily for corporate installation support.
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