[pywin32-bugs] [ pywin32-Feature Requests-3583043 ] Provide msi as-is for downloading

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Feature Requests item #3583043, was opened at 2012-11-03 22:18
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Submitted By: Jarod (jarod38)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Provide msi as-is for downloading

Initial Comment:
By reading the tracker I learned that the msi created with bdist_msi doesn't work, and that easy_install doesn't work either. 
For both, it is because they are unable to run the post-install script.

As far as I know, there is no way to silently install this module (I need that in order to install it on thousands of computers...)

I know I could setup the sdk and try to create an installer with inno setup or something like that, but I don't want to reinvent the wheel and I would much prefer that a solution could be found for everyone, not just me.

Would it be possible for you to publish the not-fully-working msis, together with the post-install script ?
If I understand correctly, it should work to install the msi then run the post-install script separately ?

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>Comment By: Jarod (jarod38)
Date: 2012-11-06 20:08

Message:
Thank you for the info, I will try this route. 

Perhaps this tip could be added to the readme file explaining how to make a
silent install, with the list of folders to include and the path/name of
the post-install script.

I will try to make a iexpress  .sed file that could be distributed with the
sources and allow for painless creation of an installer. Will keep this
thread updated about it.

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Comment By: Mark Hammond (mhammond)
Date: 2012-11-04 15:12

Message:
I'm a little reluctant to do that as people will not read the release notes
and will assume it "just works".  However, do note that you could just:

a) install into a "test" box.
b) copy the top-level pywin32 directories - eg, into a .zip file.
c) unpack those files onto the target
d) run the post-install script.


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