-----Original Message----- From: ros-dev-bounces@reactos.com [mailto:ros-dev-bounces@reactos.com] On Behalf Of Murphy, Ged (Bolton) Sent: 24. december 2004 11:17 To: 'Jason Filby'; 'ReactOS Development List' Subject: RE: [ros-dev] Binary download
-----Original Message----- From: Jason Filby [mailto:jason.filby@gmail.com] Sent: 24 December 2004 10:06 To: ReactOS Development List Subject: Re: [ros-dev] Binary download
Sounds good; but what about registry entries that have been
created by
applications; would such an update wipe the registry or
just add new
entries and modify system entries?
That's a good point. I suppose for that to work, it would need someone to write an update script every day to patch the existing system. That doesn't seem viable. It takes M$ a month to do theirs, lol.
What would be the best way of updating an existing system without the need to a complete reinstall from a CD. Burning a CD everyday to get the latest binaries would become tedious and expensive.
It was to be dropped for releases only, not daily builds. The registry is more likely to change from release to release than from day to day. If you are living on the edge and are using the daily builds then you are on your own and need to handle the errors that can occur from overwriting the installation with the binaries (eg. by making a clean install).
Casper