[V4RB] Valentina 2.0 installation

[Thierry Nauze]

Le 11 mai 04, à 19:05, Brendan Murphy a écrit :

> Ruslan Zasukhin responded:
>>> One cuestion: Will the final version of Valentina 2.0 require the
>>> installation of several components? or will be possible to pack all 
>>> in
>>> the application executable?
>>
>> Valentina 2.0 will looks as
>>
>>     V4RB plguin  + Vcomponents folder.
>>
>> Your final application will look now as
>>
>>     app.exe + Vcomponents folder.
>>
>>
>> Valentina 2.0 is much more complex by structure,
>> So it is many advantages to keep components separately.
>> Valentina 2.0 have own plugin system.
>
> Please explain in more detail, what are these advantages? I want
> to use 2.0 as I use 1.10 today as a totally embedded system within
> my application. Having a separate folder next to my application is
> just another support hassle I would rather avoid.
>
>>> One of the advantages of the current
>>> version of V4RB is that  it not requiere any installation in the 
>>> final
>>> user computer.
>>
>> This was true only for V4RB MAC. Right?
>> Even V4RB WIN have install dll into users' system.
>
> Under Win32 it is done automatically for us by the RS runtime
> library! When it is done, it removes them.
>
> Without further explanation of the benefits for you, my first
> inclination is to say thumbs down on a separate components folder.
> Adding complexity for my end users is not a feature in my eyes.
>
> I don't want a plugin system with Valentina! This is a form of dll
> hell for my end users. Very bad idea if this architecture is
> "forced" upon us. You need to give us an option where it will be
> all self contained in the application if we choose so.

I agree !

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