Re: LMS for Windows using Strawberry Perl

[email protected] wrote: 
> Just chiming in...
> 
> I have long term experience with preparing user-friendly deliverables
> for
> complex perl programs. Basically it is a way of packaging perl, the
> necessary libraries and modules and the rest of the code/data in a
> directory structure (kind of virtual environment) and using a specially
> built version of perl that stays inside the virtual environment. The
> whole
> thing is then packaged using InnoSetup (Windows), dmg (MacOS) or
> Appimage
> (Linux).
> 
> >From the user perspective, she downloads an installer (e.g. Windows
> .exe
> file), runs it and its contents is installed where the user wants
> (usually
> C:\Program Files (x86)\) together with icons on the deskstop to
> start the program.
> 
> I use this a.o for the ChordPro program. Feel free to download an
> installer
> from https://github.com/ChordPro/chordpro/releases/download/R5.985
> and see how it works.
> 
> Important: Getting the packaging right can be a bit tedious. But once
> it
> is done building new kits it is a whimp.
> 
> -- Johan
Thank you for the suggestion.  Unfortunately, that link returns a 404.

I tried looking into ChordPro in the beginning but it appears to be a
dead project, or perhaps, they've just moved development.

Please correct me if I'm mistaken.

[email protected] wrote: 
> On Wed, 2 Feb 2022 19:46:22 +0100, Johan Vromans <jvromans (AT) squirrel
> (DOT) nl>
> wrote:
> 
> > Important: ...
> 
> Also important: There is no run-time overhead (no on-the-fly unpacking
> into
> hidden folders).

Yes this is actually very painful. Especially the first time you run a
new build.

The AV services chews CPU for a long time scanning the thousands of
files as they're expanded into the par-cache temp folder and it's
repeated for every exe.



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