Re: [Demexp-dev] Re: win32 and GTK

[GISQUET Christophe]

Hello,

I'm not merging this mail with the following one, although some parts may 
overlap.

David MENTRE a écrit :
> > So the demexp installer would do those steps:
> > - detect GTK and deduce whether to install it; this is an incomplete
> > decision, as it should also find if it is recent enough, and propose to
> > update/uninstall it
>
> Is it possible to use a demexp specific GTK and install a demexp needed

In fact this would serve little purpose: no software except demexp would 
expect libglade to be located there.

> libraries/DLL into a sub-directory of demexp install directory? The main

This is the better solution. However, for demexp to work, the dlls must be in 
the PATH variable or the same folder. Therefore it is simpler to have it at 
the same level as the client binary. That's what the installer does.

> idea for such a setup would be to disturb as less as possible user's

There's no normalized or de facto standard way to handle libglade on win32 
platform, while I believe the Gimp's installer is that "standard" for GTK.

> setting and removing demexp would equals to wiping the demexp install
> dir. What do you think of it?

I'm not too keen on programs than deletes a full folder without checking if it 
is going to delete files that it didn't install; much like libocaml-gettext. 
Add it that for some random-not-yet-seen it could end up as being "/" and then 
you cry.

On the other hand, I don't mind deleting whole folders inside it; that's what 
is done for "locale".

> > - if GTK is to be installed, extract the setup to demexp install folder,

Btw, this was in fact implemented as "extract to temp folder then delete". I 
don't think the user is that interested in keeping the setup. This could of 
course be a setup option, but it is probably not worth it.

Best regards,
--
Christophe GISQUET