Re: [ros-dev] Package Manager

[Steven Edwards]

--- Maarten Bosma <maarten.paul(a)bosma.de> wrote:
>   If I understood you correctly you said that there is
> no need for 
>  developing a compleatly new system, a Packagemanager only had to provide 
>    a interface for the msi files. 
Right, You can interface directly to the MSI database in the registry.
 
>   First of all, I have to say that I don't know much
> about that msi stuff. 
>  So my question is how would the msi file and the program communicte ? 
>  The point with a packagemanager is that you choose to install lots of 
>  packages and leave your PC alone. So the package manager had to send the 
>  dessions of the user to the msi file and then the msi file had to do 
>  it's operations senlitly. And send reports to the package manager from 
>  time to time. And if something went wrong, it has to send a compleate 
>  error report. 
Well MSI packages have a lot of options, more so than are used by most people. Most people
just
write a Install Shield wizard and have the software packaged in a msi but it can do
self-repair
and modification and all sorts of cool stuff. Most third partys now ship apps as MSI as
its what
Microsoft supports or they use NullSoft Install System so making a easy to use interface
to both
of them will win the most support. Its like a mini-sql database so you can even use XML to
mess
with it in your Package Manager. If I understand correctly the Microsoft tool for creating
MSI
packages "WiX", uses a xml file for input. The only problem is that WiX is CPL
and not GPL so we
cannot ship it with ReactOS unless we make it a seperate download.

Thanks
Steven




		
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[Jonathan Wilson]

>   with it in your Package Manager. If I understand
> correctly the Microsoft tool for creating MSI
>  packages "WiX", uses a xml file for input. The only problem is that WiX is CPL
> and not GPL so we
>  cannot ship it with ReactOS unless we make it a seperate download. 
Why not?
Its perfectly possible to include a CPL program on the same CD or zip file 
as a GPL program as long as they dont directly mix code (IANAL but this is 
what I understand). Linux distributions mix and match code of all different 
licences and get away with it.