annotate contrib/wix/README.txt @ 25329:101e84121c13

dispatch: disable demandimport for the --debugger option

Something in Python 2.7.9 or so broke the --debugger option with
ui.debugger = ipdb. I get the traceback below. There is some apparent
confusion with demandimport. This should be disabled anyway for the
--debugger option. The debugger must be imported right away, before
any other dispatch. There's no benefit in delaying the debugger
import.

This patch uses the demandimport.deactivated() context manager.

  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mercurial/dispatch.py", line 121, in _runcatch
      debugmod = __import__(debugger)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mercurial/demandimport.py", line 115, in _demandimport
      return _hgextimport(_import, name, globals, locals, fromlist, level)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mercurial/demandimport.py", line 47, in _hgextimport
      return importfunc(name, globals, *args)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ipdb/__init__.py", line 16, in <module>
      from ipdb.__main__ import set_trace, post_mortem, pm, run, runcall, runeval, launch_ipdb_on_exception
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mercurial/demandimport.py", line 134, in _demandimport
      mod = _hgextimport(_origimport, name, globals, locals)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mercurial/demandimport.py", line 47, in _hgextimport
      return importfunc(name, globals, *args)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ipdb/__main__.py", line 29, in <module>
      if IPython.__version__ > '0.10.2':
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mercurial/demandimport.py", line 106, in __getattribute__
      self._load()
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mercurial/demandimport.py", line 78, in _load
      mod = _hgextimport(_import, head, globals, locals, None, level)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mercurial/demandimport.py", line 47, in _hgextimport
      return importfunc(name, globals, *args)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/IPython/__init__.py", line 45, in <module>
      from .config.loader import Config
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mercurial/demandimport.py", line 132, in _demandimport
      return _origimport(name, globals, locals, fromlist, level)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/IPython/config/__init__.py", line 16, in <module>
      from .application import *
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mercurial/demandimport.py", line 115, in _demandimport
      return _hgextimport(_import, name, globals, locals, fromlist, level)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mercurial/demandimport.py", line 47, in _hgextimport
      return importfunc(name, globals, *args)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/IPython/config/application.py", line 30, in <module>
      from IPython.external.decorator import decorator
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mercurial/demandimport.py", line 134, in _demandimport
      mod = _hgextimport(_origimport, name, globals, locals)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mercurial/demandimport.py", line 47, in _hgextimport
      return importfunc(name, globals, *args)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/IPython/external/decorator/__init__.py", line 2, in <module>
      from decorator import *
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mercurial/demandimport.py", line 115, in _demandimport
      return _hgextimport(_import, name, globals, locals, fromlist, level)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mercurial/demandimport.py", line 47, in _hgextimport
      return importfunc(name, globals, *args)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/decorator.py", line 240, in <module>
      'ContextManager', (_GeneratorContextManager,), dict(__call__=__call__))

WiX installer source files
==========================

The files in this folder are used by the thg-winbuild [1] package
building architecture to create a Mercurial MSI installer.   These files
are versioned within the Mercurial source tree because the WXS files
must kept up to date with distribution changes within their branch.  In
other words, the default branch WXS files are expected to diverge from
the stable branch WXS files.  Storing them within the same repository is
the only sane way to keep the source tree and the installer in sync.

The MSI installer builder uses only the mercurial.ini file from the
contrib/win32 folder, the contents of which have been historically used
to create an InnoSetup based installer.  The rest of the files there are
ignored.

The MSI packages built by thg-winbuild require elevated (admin)
privileges to be installed due to the installation of MSVC CRT libraries
under the C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS folder.  Thus the InnoSetup installers may
still be useful to some users.

To build your own MSI packages, clone the thg-winbuild [1] repository
and follow the README.txt [2] instructions closely.  There are fewer
prerequisites for a WiX [3] installer than an InnoSetup installer, but
they are more specific.

Direct questions or comments to Steve Borho <[e-mail]>

[1] http://bitbucket.org/tortoisehg/thg-winbuild
[2] http://bitbucket.org/tortoisehg/thg-winbuild/src/tip/README.txt
[3] http://wix.sourceforge.net/