I think you might find that the installation-versus-configuration, and the
per-machine, per-user arguments to be very much based on what sort of
applications you write. Just because you've never encountered a situation
where an opposing approach is more appropriate doesn't invalidate that
approach. Personally, I've found that the majority of client-based apps that I
write need to have per-user settings, so setup is a bad place for
configuration. Likewise, I've found that when writing server applications,
that there is only one configuration, so setup could be used for configuration.
But with virtualization becoming more common in the enterprise apps area
(install once into a virtual image, then reconfigure on every new instance) is
making the setup program a bad place for configuration once again.
Jason Swager
----- Original Message ----
From: Christopher Painter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Bob Arnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: WiX Users <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 1:11:47 PM
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How do I preserve properties betweenINSTALL/UNINSTALL?
I don't agree that installation and configuration are automatically distinct
nor do I agree that configuration is generally per-user. In fact, 12 years of
development, setup authoring and enterprise engineering has convinced me that
it's generally per-machine. Even Windows Installer TAO seems to concede that
per-user stories are a pain to support.
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