XPI for Windows ?
neyric
Could you provide the XPI for Windows installation ? (for v0.2.2)
Thanks
Aaron Boodman
We try not to distribute the windows XPIs for maintenance reasons. Why
doesn't the msi work for you?
http://code.google.com/p/google-gears/downloads/list
- a
neyric
process of the xpi is simpler. (see #gears irc)
How can I build the 0.2.2.0 under windows ?
( I followed the http://code.google.com/p/google-gears/wiki/BuildingGearsForWindows
procedure but it gives me the 0.3.2.0 xpi )
On 3 jan, 09:54, "Aaron Boodman" <a...@google.com> wrote:
> Hello eric,
>
> We try not to distribute the windows XPIs for maintenance reasons. Why
> doesn't the msi work for you?
>
> http://code.google.com/p/google-gears/downloads/list
>
> - a
>
Aaron Boodman
syntax is:
svn up -R:<revision number>
But you can double-check in the svn help docs. To find the specific
revision, use svn log to look for the line SCL=5497747. If you don't
see that one, get the one closest to that that is larger and that
should be really close to 0.2.2.
Sorry, this is lame. Dimitri is going to add some tags to the SVN
repository at each release to make it easier.
- a
neyric
I couldn't find the SCL=5497747 so I took the closest (SCL=5497933) ,
which is revision 287.
On 3 jan, 17:00, "Aaron Boodman" <a...@google.com> wrote:
> You can use SVN to sync back to a certain point in time. I believe the
> syntax is:
>
> svn up -R:<revision number>
>
> But you can double-check in the svn help docs. To find the specific
> revision, use svn log to look for the line SCL=5497747. If you don't
> see that one, get the one closest to that that is larger and that
> should be really close to 0.2.2.
>
> Sorry, this is lame. Dimitri is going to add some tags to the SVN
> repository at each release to make it easier.
>
> - a
>
>
>
>
> > The msi works fine, but my app uses Firefox only, and the installation
> > process of the xpi is simpler. (see #gears irc)
> > How can I build the 0.2.2.0 under windows ?
neyric
This was revision 286.
The revision 287 starts the 0.2.3.0 version
Aaron Boodman
I caught up with you on SVN and now I see what you're trying to do. I
wanted to answer here for the record, and for future searchers:
(03:08:05) neyric: actually the msi works just fine, except the
installation process is a bit more complicated
(03:08:27) neyric: we're going to launch our beta product with the
current 0.2.2.0 version
(03:09:04) neyric: we made a page for the gears installation, and when
firefox restarts, it opens the same page
(03:09:14) neyric: so we can resume our installation process.
(03:09:31) neyric: whereas with the MSI, the user has to retype the url... :(
First, it's exciting to hear that you're releasing something using
Gears! We can't wait to see it :)
Please don't point users at the 0.2.2.0 builds that are posted on the
developer site. Those builds are for developers only and the Windows
version does not autoupdate. If you point your Windows users at this,
they will be stuck at 0.2.2.0 and we will not be able to issue them
security patches. Sorry for the misunderstanding, that should be more
clear on the download page.
If you want to release with the 0.2 features, or if you just find 0.2
more stable (it is!), we can probably work with you on launch
planning. Right now, we're getting close to getting 0.2 out the door
to all users, so I think it will work out. Contact me privately if you
want to talk about this off-list.
Finally, to your question about restarting the browser to a particular
URL after the MSI installation. Our installation page has a feature
that addresses this exact need. You can send a querystring param to
the page which will cause the Gears installer to restart the browser
at a given URL after installation.
See http://code.google.com/apis/gears/design.html (under the section
"Detecting and Installing Google Gears") for an example of how to use
the return parameter.
Good luck! We look forward to seeing what you're working on.
- a