Hi
Steven Edwards wrote:
We maintain a database of all of the free Win32 software on SourceForge and try to get them all to use MSI or NSIS to package
> them.
I don't think that ReactOs nor it's package manager are important enough to tell people how to package their programs. So i still think that a little script for each package is the best way to handle it.
Jonathan Wilson wrote:
I think that we should also support "plain old zip files" as a package type (or a zip file with a little info about what to do). A large number of FOSS software packages dont need an installer at all, if all you have to do to get it to work is "unzip it into a folder", an installer is overkill.
That's what I'm currently working on. (unzipping)
So would you agree to put it on the svn-server or not ? In addition to the program itself there are this 3 things that had to be hosted in a new branch:
1. The program downloads tree.xml where all program are listed. 2. A detailed description with all informations e.g. vendor, license ... 3. The install script. With all informations of how to get and install package.
Maarten Bosma