I'm a bit torn here.
On the one hand, I want to encourage as broad usage as possible
since I think it can be helpful to many people and it was not trivial
(at least for me) to figure out the various 'recursion' tricks and
hacks to make this all work on XP.
On the other hand, I don't have the time to figure out all the
packaging details. In fact, I'm not sure where you start or stop and
there may even be some legal questions. For example, do you include
the base cygwin in the package? what about ssh and rsync? also, I'm
not sure I would legally have the right to package up dosdev.exe or
vshadow.exe since they are Microsoft programs. Finally, personally, I
prefer the control of manually installing scripts and usually only use
an installer when using complicated programs that require multiple
registry changes.
So, I guess I would fully support anybody interested in creating an
installer for this program but personally I am probably unlikely to
lead the effort.
I am of course always willing to help identify and fix bugs, add
targeted enhancements, and answer specific questions regarding the
program. I hope that is a reasonable compromise approach.
Regards,
Jeff
obj AT jltechinc DOT com wrote at about 17:35:11 -0400 on Thursday, April 2,
2009:
> We use WPKG http://wpkg.org/, which automatically handles, installs,
> updates and removal of software, as well as any other commands for
> creating "shares", running "netsh" commands to set passwords, or add
> software to the Windows firewall, etc.
>
> There are many "Silent Install" working examples as well:
> http://wpkg.org/Category:Silent_Installers
>
> -obj
>
> Adam Goryachev said the following on 04/02/2009 05:04 PM:
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> > Chuck Peters wrote:
> >
> >> 2009/4/2 Jeffrey J. Kosowsky <backuppc AT kosowsky DOT org
> >> <mailto:backuppc AT kosowsky DOT org>>
> >>
> >>
> >> In general, your comments in fact have been very helpful in that you
> >> are pointing out details that I didn't realize were non-obvious or
> >> non-standard. For example, I wouldn't have remembered to think
> >> of ssh
> >> server as a requirement. So, feel free to keep sending me
> >> comments and
> >> questions - and I will add them to my comments at the head of the
> >> script.
> >>
> >>
> >> First couple of lines:
> >>
> >> # Shadowmountrsync
> >> # Copyright Jeffrey J. Kosowsky December 2008
> >> # Version 0.3.3 (April 2009)
> >>
> >> Copyright? By default I think that means Copyright all rights
> >> reserved, you aren't legally allowing others to modify and
> >> redistribute it. Since you posted an earlier version to
> >> sourceforge, shouldn't it have a GPL version 2 or 3 or something?
> >>
> >>
> >> The subject of the thread is "Fully automated script for creating
> >> shadow copies and launching rsyncd." Perhaps someone could package
> >> it like cwrsync and add a GUI configuration to it, then it would be
> >> closer to fully automatic installation. And that brings up the
> >> question what might be the best way to create a automatic install
> >> and GUI config tool?
> >>
> > Thhe best solution I've found when I was looking to package something
> > in the past is http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Main_Page It is a GPL
> > software for windows which allows to create a setup.exe which will
> > "install" software for you. Very flexible and powerful, though I only
> > used the basic features and then gave up due to lack of time.
> >
> > Hope that helps
> >
> > PS, the downside is you will now distribute a exe file, which is
> > harder for people to be sure it isn't malicious (I suppose they could
> > still download and install manually the current method though.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Adam
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