[Qgis-user] Qgis 1.0 standalone installer?

[Mats Elfström]

HI!
This is a test.
Trying to post to this list.



2009/1/14 Mike Leahy <mgleahy at alumni.uwaterloo.ca>

> Hello List/Devs,
>
> Congrats on the 1.0 release - I've been using Qgis since I first heard
> about it several years ago, and it has proven very useful.
>
> I'm currently doing some project work that involves collecting data from
> volunteers in a case study.  As part of a return-on-time-invested, I've been
> providing the people who have worked with me with copies of the data along
> with Qgis project file, and a copy of Qgis binaries with a link that opens
> the project file in Qgis directly off the CD (btw, an option for relative
> pathnames in a Qgis project would be a bonus here).  I also have included
> the installer (for previous versions) for those that are interested in using
> Qgis without the CD.
>
> This brings me to the subject of my email - will there be a standalone
> window installer for Qgis, as with the previous versions?  The osgeo4w
> installer is great, but it adds a level of complexity that will cause many
> of the people I'm working with to not bother with it.  It also requires an
> Internet connection (I tried installing offline using downloaded files, but
> the installer crashes before it gets to the application list).  Since many
> of my volunteers have limited access to the Internet, this is a bit of a
> barrier as well.
>
> If there are no plans for a standalone installer, that's fine - I can work
> around these issues (or continue with v0.11 for now).  But if it is being
> considered at all, then I'd like to vote +1 for it.
>
> Best regards,
> Mike
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