Windows installer for bzr 2.7.0

[Matthias Kluwe]

Hi!

2016-02-29 15:29 GMT+01:00 Alexander Belchenko <alexander.belchenko at gmail.com>:

> Please, take a look at https://launchpad.net/bzr-windows-installers
>
> This project tried to script the build process.
> Unfortunately it's not very easy to build due to many dependencies.

Wow, that's quite a list.

Building something on Windows without having a package manager means a
lot of manual work. And call me paranoid: Having to download binaries
from sf.net makes me nervous...

Ok, I'm giving the whole thing a try. I'm not sure if I have to use
the *exact* depenency versions (the installers project is a bit
dated), but let's see how far I can get (and if this works in the VM I
downloaded from Microsoft).

Regards,
Matthias

> 2016-02-29 16:17 GMT+02:00 Matthias Kluwe <mkluwe at gmail.com>:
>>
>> Hi!
>>
>> What exactly are the requirements for building the Windows installer?
>> After a brief look into the bzr directory I failed to find build
>> instructions.
>>
>> Ok, running the Makefile suggests some kind of 'make' should be available.
>> Is an installation of MinGW sufficient?
>>
>> Furthermore, the 'iscc' command seems to belong to Inno Setup, and
>> obviously Python2 is needed. I would try to obtain these by chocolatey.
>>
>> Additionally, the older standalone installers included several GUI add-ons
>> such as Bazaar Explorer, qbzr and TortoiseBzr. Any idea on how to accomplish
>> this?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Matthias
>
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