1 WiX installer source files

     2 ==========================

     3 

     4 The files in this folder are used by the thg-winbuild [1] package

     5 building architecture to create a Mercurial MSI installer.   These files

     6 are versioned within the Mercurial source tree because the WXS files

     7 must kept up to date with distribution changes within their branch.  In

     8 other words, the default branch WXS files are expected to diverge from

     9 the stable branch WXS files.  Storing them within the same repository is

    10 the only sane way to keep the source tree and the installer in sync.

    11 

    12 The MSI installer builder uses only the mercurial.ini file from the

    13 contrib/win32 folder, the contents of which have been historically used

    14 to create an InnoSetup based installer.  The rest of the files there are

    15 ignored.

    16 

    17 The MSI packages built by thg-winbuild require elevated (admin)

    18 privileges to be installed due to the installation of MSVC CRT libraries

    19 under the C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS folder.  Thus the InnoSetup installers may

    20 still be useful to some users.

    21 

    22 To build your own MSI packages, clone the thg-winbuild [1] repository

    23 and follow the README.txt [2] instructions closely.  There are fewer

    24 prerequisites for a WiX [3] installer than an InnoSetup installer, but

    25 they are more specific.

    26 

    27 Direct questions or comments to Steve Borho <steve@borho.org>

    28 

    29 [1] http://bitbucket.org/tortoisehg/thg-winbuild

    30 [2] http://bitbucket.org/tortoisehg/thg-winbuild/src/tip/README.txt

    31 [3] http://wix.sourceforge.net/