Bazaar 1.6 released!

[Eugene Wee]

Hi Mark,

Ah, so Vista requires admin privileges just to run such an installer? 
What I had in mind was installing Bazaar in a non-standard location in 
the first place, not a "Program Files" directory.

If the permission issue for an installer is insurmountable for Vista, 
then I think that the zip file idea would be the next best option, 
though how would the user profile directory be handled?

Thanks,
Eugene

Mark Hammond wrote:
>> I cannot remember if this was the case for previous versions post-1.0
>> as well (it was not when I first used Bazaar), but the standalone Windows
>> installer for Bazaar 1.6 requires administrator privileges to install
>> on Windows XP.
> 
> I'm afraid that with Vista, admin permissions are required simply to install in "\Program Files", and given these tighter restrictions, supporting backwards compatibility for XP and earlier doesn't sound like a great investment in our time.
> 
> I'm thinking a nice alternative would be a .zip file with all the necessary components already laid out (indeed, our build process already creates exactly this).  This would allow people to download, unzip and run it anywhere they desired.  Do you think that would satisfy the students etc you refer to?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Mark
>