[Python-Dev] [Python-3000] 2.6.1 and 3.0 (original) (raw)

Giovanni Bajo rasky at develer.com
Wed Nov 26 22:50:09 CET 2008

On mer, 2008-11-26 at 21:03 +0100, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote:

> I'm sure the > Python Software Foundation would easily get a free license of one of the > good commercial MSI installer generators.

Can you recommend a specific one?

I've had good results with Advanced Installer: http://www.advancedinstaller.com/feats-list.html

It does support 64-bit packages, and it uses a XML file as input. It supports Vista and UAC, per-user and per-machine install, registry modification, environment variables, upgrades/downgrades/side installs, online installs. And it's free as in beer. The commercial version has many more features, but I don't think Python needs them.

But the basic idea is that this tool totally abstracts the MSI details. I know nothing of MSI but I'm fully able to use this tool and produce installers with more features than those I notice within Python's installer.

Giovanni Bajo Develer S.r.l. http://www.develer.com

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