Windows DMD installer

[Ary Borenszweig]

BCS wrote:
> Reply to Ary,
> 
>> BCS wrote:
>>
>>> Reply to Ary,
>>>
>>>> Walter Bright wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Ary Borenszweig wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Walter Bright wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> For the initial version, I'd be happy if it downloaded the zip
>>>>>>> file, unzipped it, and set the path.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://downloads.dsource.org/projects/descent/dinstaller/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (I just put it there because I didn't know where else)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Maybe this can be used as the initial source code for the
>>>>>> project...
>>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks. But I am totally unfamiliar with nsi files, etc. Is there a
>>>>> makefile or build.bat file?
>>>>>
>>>> Even if there were one, you'd need to install NSIS to compile them.
>>>> It's a language by itself.
>>>>
>>>> Why do you need to compile it? There's an exe there. :)
>>>>
>>> So he can make generateing new versions part of the build process.
>>>
>> But for that the only thing he need to do is to tell us URLs for the
>> latests zip files to download.
> 
> Oh, it's one of the kind of installer I have no use for. Sorry missed 
> that bit.

Why not?

> Given that this is just good enought "for the initial version", maybe 
> he's thinking it as a base for an installer that actually has the needed 
> data in it.

Ah, ok. In that case the scripts needs to be modified to include the 
zips in it instead of downloading them. But in either case he'll need to 
run the nsis compiler.