[Interest] [interest] Qt Installer Framework: How good is that?

[Karsten Heimrich]

Hi,

On 12.01.2013 19:14, Soroush Rabiei wrote:
> Greetings all
>
> I've been introduced to Qt Installer Framework today, Unfortunately 
> can't find detailed descriptions about that. There is only a brief 
> documentation.   I have some questions.
>
> 1. Documentation says it's cross-platform. That's great! But does it 
> implement platform-specific tasks properly? Mainly registry-related 
> operations on Windows and its equivalent (text-based configuration 
> stuff) on Linux. Something like QSettings do.
>
Have you checked this: 
http://doc-snapshot.qt-project.org/qtifw-1.2/index.html

> 2. Is an installer based on this tool translatable? I would like to 
> use native dialogs instead of system dialogs to make my installer to 
> run in my native language.
>
The installer will be translatable, yes.

> 3. Inno setup has some great features (7z compression, customization, 
> etc.) Is QIF worth it to be a replacement of inno?
>
Never heard of that one. A short look reveals it supports windows only, 
while we target all major platforms.


Regards,

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