2.0 build for Windows?

[olegstepura]

Hi!

First, thanks for great software! I found out that version 2.0 is already fixed. Any chance to get binary distribution of 2.0 for Windows?

Thanks!

[olegstepura]

Hi!

FYI: I tried building current master myself, but there is a lot of issues with build instructions/scripts.

• build.cmd does not build from [sources]\SparkleShare\Windows but it builds binary if being copied to [sources]\ (where .sln file is located)
• On the other side to build installer, build.cmd must be located in [sources]\SparkleShare\Windows
• build.cmd does not build installer after WIX installed:
  • it's complaining on missing [sources]\bin\plugins folder
  • If I just create [sources]\bin\plugins empty folder, installer is not created due to missing plugins.wxs. Since plugins folder is empty plugins.wxs is not created.
  • Ok, I've put an empty file to [sources]\bin\plugins, but now installer is not created due to the fact that build created SparkleShare.Windows.exe file, SparleShare.exe was missing.
  • Ok, I renamed the file, now installer is not created due to missing SparkleShareInviteOpener.exe. I have no idea on how to build it.
  • Ok, I copied SparkleShareInviteOpener.exe from 1.5 distribution. Installer is created.
  • After running such installer SparkleShare.exe does not launch since installer does not copy folders Images, Presets, ru, and mscorlib.dll file (not sure all are required, but after copying all it launched)

Also I have to notice that instead of copying C:\Program Files\Git to [sources]\bin\msysgit it's ok to make a symlink. From inside of [sources]\bin folder run:

mklink /D msysgit "c:\Program Files\Git"

Also since I already have msysgit installed, I prefer to remove msysgit folder from installed SparkleShare dir and create a symlink there as well.

[BarryThePenguin]

I've been working on https://github.com/BarryThePenguin/sparkleshare/tree/new-squirrel to get a version of SparkleShare for Windows working without WIX.

My plan was to get nightly Windows builds setup, with automatic updates with Squirrel for Windows. Similar to #1572

I think the current build processes has too many manual steps, a lot of which can be automated.

[olegstepura]

@BarryThePenguin that is cool, but releasing current 2.0 version installer even made with WIX would be welcomed by community

[hbons]

Tracked in #1743.