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| author |  Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name> | 2016-11-16 14:43:33 -0400 |
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| committer | Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name> | 2016-11-16 14:43:33 -0400 |
| commit | 9133f6117f58415a3be7fa445a7e0508cfc5bf37 (patch) | |
| tree | c800118569c0c42eb4cfc612ff4a131e5c48c8ea | |
| parent | a7cc1cbae15ef69beec3377fa7b2c1e29e8460c4 (diff) | |
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/bugs/Adding_zip_or_7z_or_tar_archive_builds_for_windows/comment_1_70480ffd417788f18cd75a9b625ecf3b._comment | 19 |
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diff --git a/doc/bugs/Adding_zip_or_7z_or_tar_archive_builds_for_windows/comment_1_70480ffd417788f18cd75a9b625ecf3b._comment b/doc/bugs/Adding_zip_or_7z_or_tar_archive_builds_for_windows/comment_1_70480ffd417788f18cd75a9b625ecf3b._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..3bd7381e1 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/bugs/Adding_zip_or_7z_or_tar_archive_builds_for_windows/comment_1_70480ffd417788f18cd75a9b625ecf3b._comment @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="joey" + subject="""comment 1""" + date="2016-11-16T18:41:25Z" + content=""" +It would be helpful to have more details, such as an example of software +distributed for windows that way, or documentation of how such an archive +is used on windows. + +The git-annex Windows installer is a exe file that uses the NullSoft +installation system. As far as I know that's pretty common in the Windows +world. + +I don't see any point in zipping up the single exe. It would be possible to +make a zip containing all the files that instlling the exe installs. But, +the installation process has to integrate git-annex with git, it installs +menu items, etc. A zip file would not be able to handle that integration. +So its use seems limited to me. +"""]] |