[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #1428: WinGRASS + how to deliver Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Package (vcredist)?

[GRASS GIS]

#1428: WinGRASS + how to deliver Microsoft Visual C++  Redistributable Package
(vcredist)?
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 Reporter:  dhastings     |       Owner:  grass-dev@…              
     Type:  defect        |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  blocker       |   Milestone:  6.4.3                    
Component:  Installation  |     Version:  6.4.1                    
 Keywords:  wingrass      |    Platform:  MSWindows 7              
      Cpu:  x86-64        |  
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Comment(by hamish):

 > Replying to [comment:40 mmetz]:
 > > How about downloading the latest package from
 > > http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/release/msvcrt/
 > > upon user request?

 that is exactly what's needed AFAIU. I think it just needs an extra
 [Yes,please][No,thanks] page at the end of the installer wizard with a
 download option like we already have for the sample datasets.

 Replying to [comment:41 neteler]:
 > ... or simply always install it?

 the "always install it" part is what's the violation. I think that we
 can/should make it very easy to be co-installed from a 3rd party (here
 osgeo4w, but also I think FrankW keeps one at gdal.org/tmp/) as a
 convince, but it has to be presented that way to the end-user as an
 independent "system library", not as a part of GRASS itself, and so the
 user has to instigate the install (by clicking [Yes]) themselves.

 The frustrating thing is that Microsoft hasn't fixed this since W95 days
 by just including their own core dlls in OS updates... I can only guess
 why.


 fun,
 Hamish

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