[Python-Dev] MSI Installer issues (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Sat Aug 7 11:26:07 CEST 2004

Tim Peters wrote:

Yes. I don't know what to do about this: the screen sets ALLUSERS=1, then performs FindRelatedProducts to find the old installation. If the old installation was per-machine, we only find it if we commit to making the new installation also per-machine.

Except that in this case, I'm pretty sure my 2.4a1 installation was also "only for me". I could be wrong about that.

Indeed. Upgrading from a per-user installation is easy, as the whole process starts with the assumption that it is going to be per-user. Only per-machine were previously not upgradable.

I believe I later saw a checkin that intended to fix this, and, if so, that's cool too. I hereby nominate you as MSI-builder For Life .

Yes, and thanks :-) Part of my recent talking goes along with the hope that others become interested enough in MSI as a technology to be able to contribute, though.

While I have your attention: you have commented that the installer logo needs attribution, during the installation process. Is this still the case, and what is the text I should use? Any other attribution that needs to be made?

A colleague has commented that logo is too low-res, is ugly, and does not feature reptiles. Should we look for an update to the logo?

Regards, Martin

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