[mapguide-internals] Re: 32 bit installer on build machine

[Jackie Ng]

[JN] responses inline.

- Jackie


Trevor Wekel wrote:
> 
> Oh boy...  Even better...
> 
> I built an installer using our new build machine based on FDO 3.5.0 RC1
> and current MapGuide trunk.  Using the installer, I performed a successful
> install of MapGuide with IIS/.Net on my local Windows XP machine:
> 
> 1. The Sheboygan map and .Net sample app work when installed by hand.  It
> would be great if we could include these as installer options since it
> would give "newbies" something to play with.
> 
> [JN] It would be nice if we can get clarification from Autodesk about
> bundling the Sheboygan dataset and sample applications. This is the crux
> of the problem, bundling something that we may (legally) not be allowed to
> do.
> 
> 2. The Wix regeneration step has picked up the new dlls for .Net which
> were introduced in MGOS 2.2.  And they work!
> 
> [JN] Good to hear, there was a problem a while back where these new dlls
> shifted the expected file number of the ISAPI mapagent breaking the
> mapagent functionality. The paraffin system in this respect is a bit flaky
> (it would be nice to give certain files a special name and reference them
> by that name instead of an auto-generated number), but these problems are
> rare and is just a case of knowing what the new file number is for the
> file we're trying to reference.
> 
> 3. The Web API reference installed under http://localhost/mapguide/help/
> contains lots of content.
> 
> [JN] One of the things missing is the viewer API reference. That is not in
> svn. I don't know where the original source is.
> 
> 4. The Developer Guide installed under http://localhost/mapguide/devguide
> doesn't display anything.  We should investigate this further.
> 
> [JN] I can look at this when I have some time.
> 
> I just ran the whole build/install process from scratch using the batch
> file I checked into Subversion.  It was clean and generated the installer. 
> We now have a reproducible build process for 32 bit Windows.  One thing
> missing is the Subversion changelist number.  I wonder if we should tag
> the MapGuide binaries and install exe/msi as 2.2.0.[changelist]?  I should
> be able to write a Perl script to extract the changelist number. 
> 
> Why do I feel like I just won Lotto???  Woo Hoo!  THANK YOU JACKIE!
> 
> [JN] aw shucks :-)
> 
> 
> Trevor
> 
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