[MLton] mingwows

Daniel C. Wang danwang@CS.Princeton.EDU
Thu, 10 Nov 2005 21:50:42 -0800


If we don't assume the existence of MSYS on the target system .tgz isn't 
portable. A .zip would be more appropiate for window users.

Also, you might want to look into
http://nsis.sourceforge.net/



Stephen Weeks wrote:

>>>This is all beyond me.  The MLton MinGW package is just a tgz.  There
>>>is no install script.
>>>      
>>>
>>But you can make one easily:
>>
>>http://www.advancedinstaller.com
>>    
>>
>
>I'll look into this.  Can you concisely describe the advantages that
>having a package (built by Advanced Installer) instead of a binary tgz
>will have for the type of user I have in mind?
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