Re: VS2008 and feature pack

Stefan Küng <tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com> wrote on 08.04.2008 17:54:38:

> MS has released the feature pack for VS2008:
>
http://blogs.msdn.com/vcblog/archive/2008/04/07/visual-c-2008-feature-pack-released.aspx
> (note for those with German OS:
>
http://blog.m-ri.de/index.php/2008/04/07/visual-c-2008-libraries-extension-feature-pack-final-release/)

Just in time ;)

> I've installed it because apart from TSVN, I like to use some of the new

> features in my other projects. But there's a small problem:
> The TSVN installer grows from 8MB to 17MB if the feature pack is
> installed. There's no way around that - apart from deinstalling the
> feature pack :(

Hm .. thinking aloud .. Maybe we can provide stripped update installers
for
1.5.x (with x > 0) in addition to the 'normal' ones. They would contain
no redistributables at all. The update installer would only have to check
that an 1.5.x version is already installed. TSVN's automatic update would
pull those smaller packages instead of the full installer. Those MSIs
would
be smaller than 8MB and could compensate for the initial growth.

> That means that users will have to live with an installer almost double
> in size than it is right now. So, prepare yourselves - I'd like to make
> the change this weekend, then start replacing the GRETA regex with the
> one included in the feature pack.

I'm fine with switching this weekend.

-- Stefan^2.

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Received on 2008-04-09 11:44:01 CEST