Re: [XBoard-devel] Installer

[Arun Persaud]

Hi

HGM wrote:
> Perhaps it is better to leave files that come from external sources
> simply out of the repository, so that we can obtain them from
> the original source when we want to re-build the installer.
> I understand now that the files to be included in the installer
> need not be in the same tree as they will be unpacked (unlike
> when I was distributing by zip file). So a simple method to
> upgrade the installer would be to simply use the downloads of,
> e.g. Pulsar, Fruit and Elephant Eye as they are distributed,
> and unpack them in the installer folder subdirectories. This
> would include lots of files we won't include in the installer, but the
> script will pick out what we need.

If the installer can download the files that would be the best option IMO. If 
not, and if the license doesn't prohibit it, we should keep a copy of the 
program in git, if only to be able to check which version we shipped and if 
possible bugs are reproducable.

ARUN