Windows installer for bzr 2.7.0

[Mark Grandi]

well, since you seem keen on building it yourself, here are my (very rough) notes from the time i built the 2.6.0 installer

https://gist.github.com/mgrandi/b3706bb399200859b89c <https://gist.github.com/mgrandi/b3706bb399200859b89c>

~Mark

> On Feb 29, 2016, at 12:30 PM, Matthias Kluwe <mkluwe at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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