[Wtr-general] The Watir Installer

[Sean Gallagher]

+1 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org 
> [mailto:wtr-general-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Bret 
> Pettichord
> Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2006 1:44 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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