[ptx] huigin 0.4 installer

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Douglas Wilkins wrote:

>On Sun, 2004-10-31 at 19:36 +0100, Pablo d'Angelo wrote:
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>>Yes, thanks! I've just tried it, and it seems to be ok, maybe a
>>check for pano12.dll might be useful.
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>Yes it would be useful, alternatively, maybe bundle the pano12.dll with
>the installer, and install only if the dll is not found?
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is distributing the pano12.dll without HFOV limitation is now legal? 
What's the status of it?

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>>The installer could then point users to the right webpage to download the
>>dll, and PTOptimizer/Stitcher.
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>A dialog after installation with a brief readme in it?
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the windows section of this page would fit ok to me: 
http://hugin.sourceforge.net/download/

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>>Another thing: What happens if people want to install a new version?
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>>Just installing it again, results in overwriting the old files, and leaving
>>old files that have been removed from the distribution?
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>It probably needs a check added so that it runs the older version
>uninstall routine first?
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I'm not sure I understand why?

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>>Hmm, maybe the viewer could be included in the hugin installer.
>>but a separate installer and zip file might be useful as well.
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>Separate installer is probably more useful
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I would make it part of hugin installer, or even better - make it a 
section of hugin installer where user could select the viewer only. 
Currently hugin section is read-only (install is forced).

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thanks,
Marek