[GRASS-user] Re: [GRASS-dev] call for volunteers - urgent need for Windows Vista binaries

[Moritz Lennert]

On 02/04/09 18:51, Michael Barton wrote:
> Thanks. This is good to know. Of course the user/lab manager still needs 
> to create a *.bat file from instructions in a blog (at least now 
> referenced on the WIKI).

No, what I meant is that with the osgeo4w installation environment, 
someone could package a stand-alone GRASS installer and make it 
available via the GRASS web site. Seems more sustainable to me than 
having separate efforts going into a stand-alone installer and osgeo4w. 
I guess someone would have to try the osgeo4w path to an installer once 
to see how user and lab-friendly this really is.

Moritz

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> On Apr 2, 2009, at 2:06 AM, Moritz Lennert wrote:
> 
>> On 31/03/09 06:58, Martin Landa wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> 2009/3/31 Michael Barton <Michael.Barton at asu.edu>:
>>>> Native, stand alone installer for GRASS should be a high priority. I 
>>>> guess
>>>> we need both an XP and Vista version.
>>> personally I have no problem with osgeo4w installer. Ideally should be
>>> mentained both - standalone and osgeo4w - if we have enough manpower.
>>> If no, I would incline to osgeo4w.
>>
>> I can only repeat that the two are not opposed, but that you can 
>> create a standalone installer on the basis of osgeo4w:
>>
>> http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/wiki/FAQ#HowdoIperformanofflineorcomputerlabinstall 
>>
>>
>> AFAICT, you just need to create the .bat file mentioned in the QGIS 
>> blog and you have a clickable installer.
>>
>> Moritz
>