RE: [ros-dev] Binary download

[Murphy, Ged (Bolton)]

On occasions I have grabbed the latest binaries and replaced the ReactOS
folder.
It always works for me and seems to be a very quick and easy way of updating
ROS without the need for burning a CD everytime.

I would say the binaries are very useful

Gedi

-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Filby [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: 23 December 2004 20:07
To: ReactOS Development List
Subject: [ros-dev] Binary download

Hi all

Do we really need the binary download anymore? The binary is highly
downloaded, but I suspect that those that do download it then proceed
to the iso/livecd/bochs/qemu downloads which are more usable (if they
aren't too frustrated at that point).

Should we remove it? Does anyone object to that?

Cheers
Jason
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[Jason Filby]

Hi Gedi

Ok, good point. Let's rename them to 'update' with an explanation that
they're for updating an existing installation only.

Cheers
Jason

On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 09:20:28 -0000, Murphy,  Ged (Bolton)
[e-mail] wrote:
> On occasions I have grabbed the latest binaries and replaced the ReactOS
> folder.
> It always works for me and seems to be a very quick and easy way of updating
> ROS without the need for burning a CD everytime.
>
> I would say the binaries are very useful
>
> Gedi

Murphy, Ged (Bolton) schrieb:
> On occasions I have grabbed the latest binaries and replaced the ReactOS
> folder.
> It always works for me and seems to be a very quick and easy way of updating
> ROS without the need for burning a CD everytime.
>
> I would say the binaries are very useful
>
> Gedi

I agree that the binary download is a quick and simple way to update or 
install ReactOS but it does not update the Registry. Only a full install 
from CD will create an up-to-date Registry. And this will get worse in 
the future.

That's why I vote for dropping the binary download. We will have to 
support updates in our installer applications instead.

Regards,
Eric

[Jason Filby]

Hi Eric

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?

Thanks
Jason

On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 10:48:23 +0100, Eric Kohl [e-mail] wrote:
> Murphy, Ged (Bolton) schrieb:
> I agree that the binary download is a quick and simple way to update or
> install ReactOS but it does not update the Registry. Only a full install
> from CD will create an up-to-date Registry. And this will get worse in
> the future.
>
> That's why I vote for dropping the binary download. We will have to
> support updates in our installer applications instead.

Jason Filby schrieb:
> Hi Eric
>
> 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?
>
> Thanks
> Jason

Jason,

Registry entries won't cause any trouble because the registry hives will 
not be re-created upon an update. Outdated registry settings will be 
deleted and new entries will be added. Therfore we need to add two new 
sections to the hive???.inf files '[AddOnUpdate]' and '[DeleteOnUpdate]'.

Application-specific settings will not be changed at all.

Regards,
Eric