Re: xmaxima.tcl (Testers wanted)



--- Mike Clarkson <mike@python.net> wrote:
> I think we need to get the Windows freewrap and Inno build steps into
> CVS to make sure that the Tcl code in xmaxima.tcl works across all
> platforms and OS's. Does anyone have the Inno script file that they
> could send me that was used to build the 5.5 windows binary
> distribution?

See my other email for details on that.  Basically I think I might be
able to dig it up, but the better procedure is to create one
specifically for 5.9.  InnoSetup is really easy to do this with - just
use the wizard to get started and then use the hint about
recursesubdirs.

> Do we incorporate the steps needed to build and wrap into the current
> Makefile.am configure results? Perhaps all we need is a Readme.txt
> that outlines how to build a windows binary distribution? (I'm pretty
> sure that the current CVS code will have problems with the 5.5
> windows binary wrapping approach because of autoconf-variables.tcl.)

I think we might want to incorporate the Windows specific stuff for
xmaxima, but I don't think we need to add the InnoSetup stuff to the
build by default.  It might be nice once we have a good script
debugged, but basically InnoSetup is only useful if you are creating
binaries for distribution - someone who has compiled it on their
machine would be able to do make install.   If we want to add a "make
release"  option that would probably be where to put it.

CY

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