[fptex] 0.7 released

Fabrice Popineau Fabrice.Popineau at supelec.fr
Mon Sep 29 09:27:29 CEST 2003


> Fabrice Popineau wrote:

> I don't know what is the advantage of a MSI installer. They often
> litter and clutter the system directory and registry, leaving a lot of
> mostly useless stuff behind.

I understand that because every component is registered, but on the
other hand, it would allow for much better reliability with versioning,
rollback if problem, etc. Without to speak about the fact you can
compile the installation straight out of the tpm files, not endlessly
tweaking TeXSetup.exe.

Fabrice



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