Re: Looking for help implementing zero install

Patrick Trottier <[email protected]> Thu, 30 Jun 2022 03:05:32 +0000
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Hi Matteo,

Pleasure to make your acquaintance.

I recently discovered Zero Install as well, it is such a fascinating 
approach to installation, makes it feel magical and effortless! I shake 
my head at all those times I clicked through those installer dialogs.

Your software is particularly fascinating, its amazing that you sit 
between all those technologies. It reminds me of the architecture of a 
free/open source software I am developing to integrate between different 
software vendors providing solutions for dentistry called Odontogration. 
Considering the above, I wanted to package the integrations in a manner 
similar to the "connectors" you describe.

I am in the preliminary stages of putting this together for my software, 
but I feel I have an overall working knowledge on the Zero Install 
system in its current form, with some ideas I want to experiment to 
further improve this magnificent software installation system. If you 
are interested, I would welcome to opportunity to meet to discuss a 
potential collaboration between our projects.

Thanks for your time and consideration.

Kind regards,

Patrick Trottier

On 6/29/22 12:13, Matteo Cominetti wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm Matteo, the co-founder of Speckle <https://speckle.systems/>, an 
> open-source platform for 3D models and data.
>
> I just discovered zero install today and I'm very excited by its 
> potential to be replacing the current deployment & installation system 
> for our "connectors" (basically desktop plugins for various 3D software).
>
> We are currently packaging our installers using InnoSetup and making 
> them available via a web page and an electron app 
> <https://speckle-releases.netlify.app/>, but this has several 
> disadvantages (primarily being clunky and windows only), it seems like 
> zero install would be a perfect replacement.
>
> If anyone on this mailing list is interested in doing some *freelance 
> work to help us scope and implement* such a thing please let me know!
>
> Kind regards,
> Matteo
>
> -- 
>
> *Matteo Cominetti*
> 🟦 Co-Founder | speckle.systems <http://speckle.systems/>
>
>
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    <p>Hi Matteo,</p>
    <p>Pleasure to make your acquaintance.</p>
    <p>I recently discovered Zero Install as well, it is such a
      fascinating approach to installation, makes it feel magical and
      effortless! I shake my head at all those times I clicked through
      those installer dialogs.<br>
    </p>
    <p>Your software is particularly fascinating, its amazing that you
      sit between all those technologies. It reminds me of the
      architecture of a free/open source software I am developing to
      integrate between different software vendors providing solutions
      for dentistry called Odontogration. Considering the above, I
      wanted to package the integrations in a manner similar to the
      &quot;connectors&quot; you describe.</p>
    <p>I am in the preliminary stages of putting this together for my
      software, but I feel I have an overall working knowledge on the
      Zero Install system in its current form, with some ideas I want to
      experiment to further improve this magnificent software
      installation system. If you are interested, I would welcome to
      opportunity to meet to discuss a potential collaboration between
      our projects.</p>
    <p>Thanks for your time and consideration.<br>
    </p>
    <p>Kind regards,</p>
    <p>Patrick Trottier<br>
    </p>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/29/22 12:13, Matteo Cominetti
      wrote:<br>
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      <div dir="ltr">Hi all,
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <div>I'm Matteo, the co-founder of <a href="https://speckle.systems/" moz-do-not-send="true">Speckle</a>,
          an open-source platform for 3D models and data.</div>
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <div>I just discovered&nbsp;zero install today and I'm very excited
          by its potential to be replacing the current deployment &amp;
          installation system for our &quot;connectors&quot; (basically desktop
          plugins for various 3D software).</div>
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <div>We are currently packaging our installers using InnoSetup
          and making them available via <a href="https://speckle-releases.netlify.app/" moz-do-not-send="true">a web page and an electron app</a>,
          but this has several disadvantages (primarily being clunky&nbsp;and
          windows only), it seems like zero install would be a perfect
          replacement.</div>
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <div>If anyone on this mailing list is interested in doing some
          <b>freelance work to help us scope and implement</b> such
          a&nbsp;thing please let me know!</div>
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <div>Kind regards,</div>
        <div>Matteo<br clear="all">
          <div><br>
          </div>
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                <div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><b>Matteo Cominetti</b></div>
                <div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">🟦&nbsp;Co-Founder |&nbsp;<a href="http://speckle.systems/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">speckle.systems</a>&nbsp;</div>
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