Re: [Mingw-users] RPM for MinGW?

[Dario A. <al...@he...>]

John Pye wrote:

>Hi Dario
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>Dario Alcocer wrote:
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>>This sounds like a Win32 clone of RPM would have to be written from 
>>scratch.  If so, it should probably be written in a very high-level 
>>language.  I wonder what it would take to write a .NET version of RPM in 
>>C# or IronPython?
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>That's a thought. Have you seen the python 'egg' format? I wonder if
>that might generalise here?
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Well, it's certainly possible, but at that point, I suspect the Windows 
Installer XML (WiX) toolkit would be a better fit. 

WiX handles non-interactive installs and has support for package 
dependencies (it uses the concept of "features" and "products", where a 
product contains one or more features.)  The WiX tool chain is 
command-line based, so it integrates well with makefiles.  I think this 
delivery mechanism fits the MinGW design philosophy the best; it's the 
native Windows format, and doesn't require a bunch of additional 
packages to make it work.

-- D.