Re: Zero Install for Windows 2.8 released

On 8 May 2015 at 00:27, Bastian Eicher <[email protected]> wrote:
> Version 2.8 of the Windows version of Zero Install has been released.
> Changes in this version include:
>
>  * Improved updating of stale feeds (optimized for offline use cases)
>  * Automatically close running applications when removing them from the
> implementation cache
>  * Added OneGet integration
>  * More detailed --verbose console output
>  * Fixed "access denied" error when removing certain desktop integrations
>  * Many small tweaks and bugfixes
>
> Existing installations will update automatically after confirming a dialog
> box.
> You can also trigger an immediate update using the command line: 0install
> self-update
> For new installations please download here: https://0install.de/downloads/
>
>
> OneGet is Microsoft's new unified interface for package managers on Windows.
>
> I am working on getting Zero Install for Windows listed in OneGet's
> "bootstrap" list. That would enable users on a pristine Windows 10 machine
> to issue a command like this:
> Install-Package vlc -Provider 0install
>
> This would be equivalent to downloading and installing Zero Install and then
> running:
> 0install add vlc

That would be great!

BTW, is there anything else needed to use the OCaml solver on Windows now?


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