Changing the default packager to IFW (was: NSIS)?

[Konstantin Podsvirov]

29.05.2017, 21:08, "Thomas Friedrichsmeier" <thomas.friedrichsmeier at ruhr-uni-bochum.de>:
> Hi!
>
> Creation of a proper installer has become much easier, recently, but I
> think there is still room for improvement. The next item on my list for
> this would be the choice of default packager (current 7z).
>
> In summary: I propose changing the default to NSIS.

But, if KDE friends with Qt and CMake, why not use CPack IFW generator to
create QtIFW based standalone and online installers with GUI and apropriate
repositories (and it's crossplatform too)?

https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/module/CPackIFW.html

> Some backgorund in case it is needed: Grepping the current
> portage, there are 17 ports containing "createPackage". I _assume_ those
> identical to the ports that are currently distributing or preparing
> binaries. Out of these, 15 explicitly specify to use the
> NullsoftInstallerPackager.
>
> I can only speak for project RKWard, but as an application maintainer,
> I do not care much what tool my installer is based on. I do care about
> being able to create a fully functional installer that produces
> something appropriate for the target platform. As far as I understand,
> that _is_ NSIS, and no other packager, for Windos, ATM, and thus that
> is what I specify in the rkward port. But not "because I want NSIS",
> but "because I want a work stand-alone installer". Also, importantly,
> if and when "native" packaging options become available e.g. for Mac,
> I'd love to just profit from that, without having to struggle with
> platform-specific conditionals, etc.
>
> So, I'd like to _not_ specify any particular packager for my port, and
> still produce a fully-functional installer.
>
> --
>
> Somewhat OT, and nothing I care about too much, but arguably, the
> distinction between "collection" packager (CollectionPackagerBase) and
> "single" packager (PackagerBase) would reasonably map to two separate
> command-line options?
>
> Regards
> Thomas

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Regards,
Konstantin Podsvirov (CPack IFW generator author)