Difference between revisions of "Wikipedia fa/my DVD/workpackages"

Revision as of 13:30, 11 February 2010

purpose: Make a Windows (2000/XP/VISTA/7) x86_32 version of Kiwix. That means make working Makefiles and DLLs of/for the following 3 XPCOM components (zimAccessor, zimXapianIndexer, xapianAccessor)

constraints: Must work with GNU Makefiles; Must be fully documented; Must provide a global script or Makefile doing all what is necessary to do (from downloading the dependence source code to provide a tar.gz with kiwix for Windows).; Must compile on mingw; Must compile with MS cl.exe; Components must be compiled staticaly; Providing support during 6 months following the due date.

additional informations: There is already a prototype: binary and sources (search for the WinStudio project files).; Dependences are gecko-sdk, xapian, libunac, libzip2, zlib, liblzma (see here).

Where are the dependences?: All what is necessary should available here. Visual Studio Express may be downloaded from MS Web site.

Which parts of Kiwix sources should run on Windows?: Only the client should be ported... concretly, that means the XPCOM components in src/components

How do I know if it works?: You should be able to view/index/search throuhg a ZIM file without issue

Should I compile the dependences or use the released binaries?: If possible (should be always possible except for xz-utils) yes. Constraints are the same a for Kiwix itself (GNU Makefile, doc, ...)

Should I compile also xulrunner?: Like you want, this is not mandatory... if not use the binary version of the SDK and runtime here

purpose: Make a Windows installer for Kiwix and Kiwix content (ZIM files and Xapian search indexes)

constraints: Must use NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System); Must have standard install/uninstall process; Must have a full documentation about how to build the installer; Must provide a global script or Makefile doing all what is necessary to do.; Providing support during 6 months following the due date.; Must compile on mingw

additional informations: There is already something, code needs to be adapted: ISO of the last version and code

purpose: Make a DVD launcher (run by the autorun) to give the choice over run/install/exit Kiwix

constraints: Must use a specific code base; Must have a full documentation about how to build the installer; Must provide a global script or Makefile doing all what is necessary to do.; Must compile on mingw; Providing support during 6 months following the due date.

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 ; contact
 : emmanuel _at_ engelhart.org
+; faq
+:; Which version of the code source should be ported?
+::''Use [http://tmp.kiwix.org/src/nightly/kiwix-svn-2010-02-04.tar.bz2 this tar.zz]
+:; Where are the dependences?
+::''All what is necessary should available [http://download.kiwix.org/dev/ here]. Visual Studio Express may be downloaded from MS Web site.
+:; Which parts of Kiwix sources should run on Windows?
+::''Only the client should be ported... concretly, that means the XPCOM components in src/components
+:; How do I know if it works?
+::''You should be able to view/index/search throuhg a ZIM file without issue
+:; Where may I download a test ZIM file?
+::''[http://tmp.kiwix.org/zim/0.9/ here]
+:; Should I compile the dependences or use the released binaries?
+::''If possible (should be always possible except for xz-utils) yes. Constraints are the same a for Kiwix itself (GNU Makefile, doc, ...)
+:; Should I compile also xulrunner?
+::''Like you want, this is not mandatory... if not use the binary version of the SDK and runtime [http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/xulrunner/releases/1.9.1.7/ here]
 == Task2: Windows installer ==