[Qgis-user] Qgis 1.0 standalone installer?

[Mike Leahy]

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