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Rockbox Installer/Updater - Install any burrent build on any current target?

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lachlan:
There is already a windows installer that has been created by a member of these forums (Kreator666) called "Installer X". It is an unofficial and totally unsupported by the RB devs which got me thinking- why? This installer only works for iPods, but is a very handy tool. It would be good if it could be supported by RB, because it would open up RB to alot of potential new users.

Look in the Rockbox section over at the www.ipodwizard.net forums to see more about it.

AlexP:
I think you have partly answered your own question!

It is unsupported because it is
a) Windows only
b) Ipod only - there are loads of other targets!

I would add a c), none of the devs probably either know of it existing, and have had time (or the inclination given a) and b) to look at it and check it will both work and not create any issues.  For it to be officially supported it would have to meet a) and b) and be dev certified to work flawlessly (IMO) - which means them checking the code.  Further, I suspect for it to be RB sanctioned, the code ought to be GPLed.

I suspect if someone wrote a cross-platform, cross-target installer and put it on the tracker, someone would look when they got time.

lachlan:
I know there are many other targets, but there are also alot of iPod users, and the majority of them are Windows users as well. I realise it isn't a perfect solution- far from it. However, it has the potential to unlock RB to millions of users world wide who are otherwise deterred by the process of installation (I realise this installer becoming supported won't automatically attract a million users, I'm just saying...). As to the code being GPLed, Kreator666 may choose to do so, I can't recall ever seeing him state why he won't.

Llorean:
NOTE: I am speaking here for nobody other than myself.

Actually, many of us devs know about it. And we do have an old installer that's currently Archos only, so a different one for iPod only probably wouldn't be too objectionable.

Here's one of the big reasons why it's not official (besides it not being GPLed):
He hasn't submitted it to the patch tracker.

I think most of the devs are okay with different installers/installation methods depending on which player you have, simply because the process can be quite different for each player (for example the iRiver HXXX players will always require the patching of an original firmware file as long as the user wants to be able to dual boot).

Kreator666:
Hey guys.

My installer for iPods will never be for Mac/Linux, as I only have a Windows machine to code and test on.
It will probably never be for any other players, because I only have an iPod and only have experience with installing Rockbox on that.

If anybody has any suggestions as features needed for the installer, let me know.  Currently it is an exe file coded with NSIS that will either install the Rockbox bootloader, Loader2 bootloader, a custom bootloader, and/or the latest CVS build.  The thread is here if you are interested:
http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php?topic=6757.0

I don't see any reason why I can't GPL it.
As for the patch tracker, I'm not sure as to how that works, so if anybody was to enlighten me...

Basically, if it was to be considered to becoming official, I would like dev approval of its actual features, and what I can do to submit it.

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