On Sat, 2009-08-01 at 13:23 +1000, Chris Morgan wrote:
I've looked at code for MSI things and I think I could bone up on them enough to do one but I don't want to unless a serious reason for it. I can only think of a couple of instances where open source apps have used MSI packaging... 7-Zip 64-bit is one instance... though I don't understand why - NSIS supports 64-bit just as well. Hey, is there any Inkscapey goodness for 64-bit Windows?
MSI's are typically used for software management in larger settings. It's eases deployment and management for the IT staff. Even if we're not big in the enterprise realm at this point, think of the usefulness of this for educational institutions (I'm mentioning this because I've had this requested in person at a conference).
As for 64-bit versions for Windows, there have been none officially released by the project and I have seen nothing in the wild.
Cheers, Josh