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Re: [Offer] Windows (MSI) Installer for ZeNMap & NMap
From: Fyodor <fyodor () insecure org>
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:27:37 -0800
On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 12:02:07PM +1100, Chip Panarchy wrote:
Hi Would you like an MSI Install for ZeNMap & NMap? Happy to write one, would be a nice challenging project for myself. But first, is there demand? Does anyone want one? If I create one, will it be placed here: http://nmap.org/download.html
Hi Chip. You are certainly welcome to write an MSI installer and post a link to the installer source and the package to nmap-dev. Right now we use NSIS, but we're always happy to look at alternates. As for the download page, we really only want one Windows installer for simplicity's sake. In order to offer both, there would have to be extremely compelling reasons why neither one is sufficient by itself. That is unlikely. But we're at least open to changes in the one we offer. Right now we use NSIS for our WinPcap and Nmap and it has been working well for us for years. So changing to MSI would require a solid case for why it is better (e.g. easier to maintain, more portable, more bug free, more useful, etc.) I don't know enough about the differences between NSIS and MSI to know if a solid case can be made. But I'm all ears if people want to suggest why they prefer one or the other. Also, if you make an MSI and post it, that can only help. Cheers, -F _______________________________________________ Sent through the nmap-dev mailing list http://cgi.insecure.org/mailman/listinfo/nmap-dev Archived at http://seclists.org/nmap-dev/
Current thread:
- [Offer] Windows (MSI) Installer for ZeNMap & NMap Chip Panarchy (Dec 11)
- Re: [Offer] Windows (MSI) Installer for ZeNMap & NMap Fyodor (Dec 11)
- Re: [Offer] Windows (MSI) Installer for ZeNMap & NMap Michael Pattrick (Dec 11)
- Re: [Offer] Windows (MSI) Installer for ZeNMap & NMap Fyodor (Dec 11)
- Re: [Offer] Windows (MSI) Installer for ZeNMap & NMap Fyodor (Dec 11)