Hi!

It's time we've started to think of what we need of Windows installer (at the
moment we're close to having windows "noinstall" zip archive but have nothing
for installable package).

I've filed some initial set of ideas and thoughts as MWL#55,
http://askmonty.org/worklog/?tid=55. Any comments or input are welcome.


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Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:07:28 +0300 (EEST)
Subject: [Maria-developers] Updated (by Psergey): Windows installer for
       MariaDB (55)

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TASK...........: Windows installer for MariaDB
CREATION DATE..: Wed, 14 Oct 2009, 00:07
SUPERVISOR.....: Monty
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CATEGORY.......: Server-RawIdeaBin
TASK ID........: 55 (http://askmonty.org/worklog/?tid=55)
VERSION........: Server-9.x
STATUS.........: Un-Assigned
PRIORITY.......: 60
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High-Level Specification modified.
--- /tmp/wklog.55.old.28205     2009-10-14 00:07:28.000000000 +0300
+++ /tmp/wklog.55.new.28205     2009-10-14 00:07:28.000000000 +0300
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+Not a spec so far but a list of points to consider:
+
+1. Installer wishlist (user POV)
+--------------------------------
+From the user point of view:
+
+1.1 Step 1: simplest installer
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+An installer package that
+- Copies files on installation
+- Registers mysqld a service
+- Checks if installation directory, MySQL's port, or named pipe are
+  busy. If they are, it asks to remove the previous installation first
+  and aborts.
+- Uninstall procedure (TODO: should that remove the datadir or leave it?)
+
+1.2 Step 2: upgrades from MySQL
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+- Same as above but with handling of the case where MySQL has been already
+  installed:
+  - offer to replace MySQL.
+  - upgrade the data directory (todo we should sort out if anything/what is
+    needed for this).
+  - Uninstall MySQL
+  - Install MariaDB.
+
+1.3 Step 3: Configuration wizard
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+- Installer should include configuration wizard that's similar to what MySQL
+  installer does.
+
+1.1 Step 1
+~~~~~~~~~~
+
+2. Installer wishlist (developer POV)
+-------------------------------------
+* Some "installshield-like" tool that's easy to use (suggestion by Webyog:
+  NSIS)
+* Installation procedure source should reside in MariaDB source repository
+* Installation procedure source file is better to be in human-readable text
+  format.
+* It should be possible to automate creation of the installer package, in a way
+  that can be run from buildbot (e.g. the installer package build process
+  should print messages to its stdout)
+
+* Any suggestions on how can one automatically test the installation package?
+  (for example, we'll want to start the installer, install, check that
+  installation succeeded, then start the server, run some commands, then
+  uninstall. Any ways to achieve that?)




DESCRIPTION:

We need Windows Installer package for MariaDB.


HIGH-LEVEL SPECIFICATION:



Not a spec so far but a list of points to consider:

1. Installer wishlist (user POV)
--------------------------------
>From the user point of view:

1.1 Step 1: simplest installer
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
An installer package that
- Copies files on installation
- Registers mysqld a service
- Checks if installation directory, MySQL's port, or named pipe are
 busy. If they are, it asks to remove the previous installation first
 and aborts.
- Uninstall procedure (TODO: should that remove the datadir or leave it?)

1.2 Step 2: upgrades from MySQL
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Same as above but with handling of the case where MySQL has been already
 installed:
 - offer to replace MySQL.
 - upgrade the data directory (todo we should sort out if anything/what is
   needed for this).
 - Uninstall MySQL
 - Install MariaDB.

1.3 Step 3: Configuration wizard
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Installer should include configuration wizard that's similar to what MySQL
 installer does.

1.1 Step 1
~~~~~~~~~~

2. Installer wishlist (developer POV)
-------------------------------------
* Some "installshield-like" tool that's easy to use (suggestion by Webyog:
 NSIS)
* Installation procedure source should reside in MariaDB source repository
* Installation procedure source file is better to be in human-readable text
 format.
* It should be possible to automate creation of the installer package, in a way
 that can be run from buildbot (e.g. the installer package build process
 should print messages to its stdout)

* Any suggestions on how can one automatically test the installation package?
 (for example, we'll want to start the installer, install, check that
 installation succeeded, then start the server, run some commands, then
 uninstall. Any ways to achieve that?)


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