[dev] 2.3.x installer

[Brent J. Nordquist]

On Fri, 9 Feb 2001, Chuck Hagenbuch <chuck@horde.org> wrote:

> ... but I was talking specifically about config/prefs.php, which currently
> _isn't_ php code. Kind of like config/menu.txt ... we have a couple of text
> files around with simple but specific-to-us formats that we use...

OK, tracking with you now.

Yeah, I guess I would lean toward making all config-type files use a
standardized format, if possible; if most of the others are PHP code, then
I think prefs.php should be too.  (Especially since it has that extension;
that's misleading.)  The advantage to a standardized format is, of course,
that you can write external tools and wizards (perl or whatever) that know
how to cope with that one format, and don't have to worry about lots of
others.

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Subject: Re: [dev] 2.3.x Installer

Quoting Rich Lafferty <rich@horde.org>:

> There is; Activestate sells it.

Ah! Found it (http://www.activestate.com/Products/Perl_Dev_Kit/index.html); 
just need to find out if they have any licensing restrictions on distributing 
the apps that you generate.

> While a sh- or Perl-based Configure seems appropriate for Unix, it
> doesn't seem so for Windows. Perhaps there's a Windows developer out
> there that knows InstallShield and is willing to donate some time?

I see two problems with this: 1). It would almost certainly require maintaining 
meta-information in multiple places; 2). It would be a slippery slope towards 
doing much more extensive "one-click" installation on Windows, and I'm not sure 
we want to go there.

If PerlApp executables can be distributed without restrictions, I'd rather go 
that route for Windows - either BiT Group will get a license for the devkit, or 
I can buy it myself - and have us maintaining that many fewer things.

-chuck

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