[wpkg-users] WPKG Development Status

[cleitet at gmail.com]

Regarding WPKG-GP it's goal is to become a mature client for WPKG. We are
still banging our heads into limitations and constraints of Windows, but I
have a clear Idea on how I want it to work now, after a lot of trial and
error. However, the whole user community might have some ideas as well, so
please come with suggestions.

- Install software at boot time with feedback to user (pretty much working
now minus security)
- Have an easy to use interface for configuration that makes it easy to
distribute the configuration to many clients (still trying and failing on
this)
- Distribute as MSI and MST (to be able to use GroupPolicy Software
Installation for initial distribution)
- Optionally run in system tray and check for updated packages at regular
intervals. Inform users about updates and prompt them with alternatives.
(the platform is designed to be able do this)
- Hopefully be able to install software at shutdown with feedback to user
(this is not easily achievable AFAIK, as Windows does not have an API for
giving information to users at shutdown)

The features are prioritized in this order currently, but WPKG-GP is still a
bit immature (configuration changes between releases, giving users headache
(sorry for that)).

-CL

2011/3/22 Tomasz Chmielewski <tch at wpkg.org>

> On 22.03.2011 08:14, luca_manganelli at comune.trento.it wrote:
>
>> wpkg-users-bounces at lists.wpkg.org scritti il 21/03/2011 20.44.50
>>
>>  There are some shortcoming in WPKG Client design - or rather, Windows
>>> Vista and later had some fundamental changes which made some of WPKG
>>> Client's features not working.
>>>
>>
>> Vista is almsot dead in enterprise environments, we should concentrate on
>> Windows 7.
>>
>
> Vista is almost the same as Windows 7 from our point of view WRT limits
> imposed by the operating system (that's why I said Vista and later).
>
>
>
>  The problem is that the WPKG Client on Windows 7 is not working perfectly.
>>
>
> True.
>
>
>
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