[Wtr-general] The Watir Installer

[Charley Baker]

+1, agreed, simplifying is a good thing.

On 4/29/06, Jonathan Kohl <jkohl at telusplanet.net> wrote:
>
> +1
>
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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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