[Wtr-general] The Watir Installer

[Jonathan Kohl]

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From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org
[mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Bret Pettichord
Sent: April 29, 2006 2:44 PM
To: wtr-general at rubyforge.org
Subject: [Wtr-general] The Watir Installer


This is a proposal for packaging Watir 1.5.

Watir will be distributed as two files.
1. watir-1.5.0.gem - A gem that can be downloaded and installed locally or
remotely installed over the internet (as always).
2. watir-bonus.zip - A zip file containing the user guide, the examples, and
notes on where to find the unit tests and API docs (which are already in the
gem).

The gem would be required on any machine running Watir tests. The bonus zip
would be recommend for any users learning Watir. 

Specifically, i am proposing that we stop distributing the one-click
installer. Why?
- The one-click installer installs the watir library and other files in
different locations than the gem. This can lead to confusion. 
- The gem is becoming the standard method of installing Ruby libraries.
- The one-click installer could be updated to make it more consistent with
the gem, but no one has signed up to do this.
- It is simpler to just have one method of installing Watir. 

I've discussed this off line with several people, but feel like this is
something that requires official community review.

Please vote on this proposal.

Bret


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