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Make sshfs installer single file with all dependencies #146

Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago
What steps will reproduce the problem?

1. Try to install sshfs downloaded from main project page

What is the expected output?

A single installer file for the whole SSHFS stack that gives the usual 
install options (e.g. the free Nullsoft installer). It should check if the 
required parts are installed, and if not, install them.

What do you see instead?

A download dated from 2008, with instructions that I need to install two 
other packages first, and after an initial failure (I just wanted sshfs 
started quickly) an extra package to get the downloaded package patched to 
the current library version.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

dokan-sshfs-0.2.0.1226
dokan-0.5.2
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package
dokan_sshfs_for_dokan-050.zip

Windows XP SP3

Please provide any additional information below.

It's really a very small issue that quickly would make a huge difference 
in the installed user base. SSHFS is a great filesystem, and many users 
have been wanting it for Windows for a long time. Dokan SSHFS works well 
enough now and could easily get very popular (like its excellent 
counterpart WinSCP). But by not giving the "peripheral features" such as 
the installer some real attention casual users are put off. Casual users 
are those that pull in active supporters of the code, so don't ignore them.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by StefanM...@gmail.com on 16 Apr 2010 at 12:49