[bt-devel] Questions about BibleTime for windows

[Martin Gruner]

Hello everyone.

It's great to see that so many are pushing forward with the windows installer! 
Awesome!

Before we release a final public version, I'd like to ask a few questions. Gary 
or Greg, maybe you can answer them?

- Where does the installer put the application directory? Is it per-user or 
global?
- Is that directory self-contained, or does it require external content (I.e., 
does the installer put files somwhere else, like the windows or windows/system 
directories)?
- Are the libraries that are required at build time (sword, clucene, curl, qt) 
linked in statically? If not, in which form are they distributed and where 
will they be installed to?
- Would it be possible to put the application directory on a USB stick (U3) 
that does not require installation?
- Where does BibleTime create the user's configuration files?
- Will it be possible to seamlessly upgrade the package as we release new 
versions?
- Can the package be uninstalled without leaving data on the system?
- Does CPack actually create the entire installer or is there more 
code/configration files involved? If so, where are these stored?

I have to admit that I don't understand a lot about windows specific matters, 
and I don't even want to. I'd just like to be confident that whatever we do 
launch is in a state that will not cause problems later.

Thanks a lot!

mg


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