sapling/contrib/wix
2012-07-26 02:54:13 +02:00
..
contrib.wxs wix: add support for x64 native MSI packages 2010-11-26 17:40:13 -06:00
COPYING.rtf Remove FSF mailing address from GPL headers 2012-01-06 16:27:13 +01:00
defines.wxi wix: add support for x64 native MSI packages 2010-11-26 17:40:13 -06:00
dist.wxs port win32.py to using the Python ctypes library 2011-02-14 11:12:26 +01:00
doc.wxs wix: add support for x64 native MSI packages 2010-11-26 17:40:13 -06:00
guids.wxi wix: add phases help text and two more translations (issue 3288) 2012-03-03 23:14:31 -06:00
help.wxs wix: add phases help text and two more translations (issue 3288) 2012-03-03 23:14:31 -06:00
hg.cmd wix: switch Mercurial Windows installer to use py2exe --bundle 3 2010-11-26 16:18:19 -06:00
i18n.wxs wix: add phases help text and two more translations (issue 3288) 2012-03-03 23:14:31 -06:00
locale.wxs wix: add support for x64 native MSI packages 2010-11-26 17:40:13 -06:00
mercurial.wxs wix: drop bin/ folder from MSI installers (issue 2673) 2011-03-08 10:03:01 -06:00
README.txt help: fix some instances of 'the the' 2012-07-26 02:54:13 +02:00
templates.wxs wix: add map-commandline.bisect 2012-01-02 20:52:16 -06:00

WiX installer source files
==========================

The files in this folder are used by the thg-winbuild [1] package
building architecture to create a Mercurial MSI installer.   These files
are versioned within the Mercurial source tree because the WXS files
must kept up to date with distribution changes within their branch.  In
other words, the default branch WXS files are expected to diverge from
the stable branch WXS files.  Storing them within the same repository is
the only sane way to keep the source tree and the installer in sync.

The MSI installer builder uses only the mercurial.ini file from the
contrib/win32 folder, the contents of which have been historically used
to create an InnoSetup based installer.  The rest of the files there are
ignored.

The MSI packages built by thg-winbuild require elevated (admin)
privileges to be installed due to the installation of MSVC CRT libraries
under the C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS folder.  Thus the InnoSetup installers may
still be useful to some users.

To build your own MSI packages, clone the thg-winbuild [1] repository
and follow the README.txt [2] instructions closely.  There are fewer
prerequisites for a WiX [3] installer than an InnoSetup installer, but
they are more specific.

Direct questions or comments to Steve Borho <steve@borho.org>

[1] http://bitbucket.org/tortoisehg/thg-winbuild
[2] http://bitbucket.org/tortoisehg/thg-winbuild/src/tip/README.txt
[3] http://wix.sourceforge.net/