RE: TortoiseSVN Shell Extension doesn't show in right click on Windows 7

> From: Andy Levy [mailto:andy.levy_at_gmail.com]
> > 64bit. I think that might remove a lot of confusion and repeat
> > messages.
>
> IIRC, there is a technical limitation with the installer that
> prevents this. I may be wrong.

It depends on the tool you're using to create the installer. The most common installer tools can provide this feature, just as they can conditionally install other components. Check out NSIS at sourceforge (http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Features). You may have to make your choice on a registry value, but the installer can determine what version of Windows is running.

> Even if I am wrong though, you're now suggesting that the
> download be twice the size it is today. The MSI I have for
> 1.6.10 is 19MB - now we're talking about 40MB, just to
> install a shell extension? Most organizations are
> predominantly one version of one OS (my whole department,
> with perhaps 3 exceptions, is 32-bit XP) - the benefit would
> be marginal at best compared to the extra space & bandwidth,
> not to mention any issues with the installer itself.

In just the past couple days consider the amount of traffic we've gotten on this very issue for users of 64bit Windows. The problem isn't the platform as much as the applications installed on it. Some of the applications are 32bit, some are 64bit, and to have TSVN accessible to both you need both versions. I think I've read this same message several times a day since the middle of last week.

I don't know about your bandwidth, but the difference between a 20MB file and a 40MB file is merely a couple of seconds for me--whether I'm at home or the office. Hard drives are measured in hundreds of GB today. A 40MB file is only .004% of 1GB. The cost of this installer on people's hard drive space and bandwidth isn't going to be that significant unless they are still on dial up. In the US, and probably in Europe, the percentage of that kind of user is very small. Not to mention, several of the windows updates dwarf the 40MB installer we are talking about. Heck, some drivers are larger than that (ever download a modern video card driver?).

If you don't want the extra baggage, keep a separate 32bit only installer. The problem is the 64bit installer really should install both versions anyway. People just aren't getting that you really need both.

All I'm saying is that it might be worth looking into to lower the headache of answering the same questions over and over again.

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Received on 2010-10-18 17:14:25 CEST