Wishlist - Full windows install with plugins

[Andrew King]

On 2/23/07, Alexander Belchenko <bialix at ukr.net> wrote:
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> Andrew King пишет:
> > A while ago, I saw requests for what bzr users wanted from bzr  on
> > someone's blog (sorry, can't remember who).
> >
> > So, here is my request :)
> >
> > Is there any chance of getting a bzr installer for windows that
> > installs with all plugins etc., and uses a freely available diff tool,
> > like tortoisemerge or something?
>
> I'm not ure about tortoise merge or something similar.
> But, I think I could create separate additional installer for installing most
> popular plugins -- just name it.
>
> I'm also working on plugin manager that should simplify process
> of installing/deinstalling plugins. May be this could help in short term?
>
> >
> > I say that because in using my experience, when I installed bzr on my
> > ubuntu box I got all these amazing features, gdiff, gannotate etc.,
> > however, the default windows install is very minimal. Everything is
> > text based, and reading text based diffs is not everyone's cup of tea.
> > I know it is possible to install the plugins manually on windows, but
> > it is not at all easy, and I have a number of other people using it on
> > windows ... bzr on windows is actually quite difficult to use because
> > of these missing features. After all, it isn't like the windows
> > console is useable or anything anyway! (Oh, and I have to use
> > windows).
>
> The one problem with g-plugins is the fact they rely on PyGTK.
> Therefore it requires to bundle complete set of PyGTK/GTK libraries.
> And this leads to very big size of installer. It's main reson why
> I want to keep them separate.
>

I would absolutely love to have an installer that had all the PyGtk
(bzr-gtk or olive or whatever it is called installed). Is there any
chance of doing one with this installed? Size is not a problem for me.

> >
> > Of course, thanks to Alex for the normal installer anyway, without
> > which I doubt we would be using bzr.
>
> Thank you for feedback.
>
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> Alexander
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Cheers,
Andrew