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

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#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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Changes (by hamish):

  * priority:  critical => blocker
  * milestone:  6.4.4 => 6.4.3


Comment:

 This hasn't gone away and it can't be ignored -- it's a blocker because
 it's a license violation to ship non-GPL libraries alongside grass
 binaries. The MS redistributable dlls must be presented by the nsi
 installer as independent system libraries. It should be pretty easy, just
 add an extra "do you want to install these system libraries* from
 Microsoft?" page in the wingrass install wizard. To be totally clear, it
 should then download them from the internet the same way that the sample
 datasets get downloaded. Bonus points for figuring out the regedit key to
 see if they're already registered, but lacking that just plonking them in
 the grass binary extras dir as we do now should be better than nothing.

 [*] these are magic words as far as the license is concerned


 Hamish

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