NSIS Unicode 2.46.4 offered on portableapps.com . . .

jpcoffey · 4th May 2012, 19:10

All, portableapps.com is showing the NSIS Unicode installer 2.46.4 as being available. Check out,

http://portableapps.com/apps/develop...wnload_details

Are they jumping the gun, or is NSIS finally moving forward?

Please advise. Thank you. : -)

Sincerely,

JPCoffey

Anders · 4th May 2012, 19:46

That is the unicode fork, next official release will be v3.0 probably...

jpcoffey · 4th May 2012, 21:18

Anders, great news! Thanks for your prompt reply.

Can you give us an idea of what is going to happen moving forward?

Are there going to be two forks from now on with a choice of Unicode or ANSI?
Are the forks going to be eventually merged to a common version 3.0?
Do you have a rough idea as to when this is going to take place?

Anders, you guys have done a great job with NSIS and we are all very appreciative. I am only asking because it has been so long since we have received any guidance as to what the road ahead will look like. You may not have known yourself, so we can completely understand. Thank you for any feedback you can provide.

Sincerely,

JPCoffey

LoRd_MuldeR · 4th May 2012, 21:01

It should be noted that v2.46.4 had a bug with !searchreplace that was fixed in 2.46.5:
http://code.google.com/p/unsis/downloads/list

Anders · 4th May 2012, 21:32

Most of the fork has already been merged. (What happens to the fork is out of our control, once we release v3.0 the fork will probably die)
v3.0 will be a unicode compiler that can also create ANSI installers.
Everything related to reading/writing files and !system needs to be rewritten, once that is done we should be getting closer to a release. (No timeframe)

GaNi · 7th May 2012, 10:38

Introduce LZMA2 if possible.

LoRd_MuldeR · 7th May 2012, 12:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by GaNi

Introduce LZMA2 if possible.

AFAIK, the LZMA2 algorithm doesn't generally compress "better" than the LZMA(1) algorithm. It may even compress worse! It allows to compress the the data in several independent blocks, which allows for more efficient multi-threading. This may be important if you compress several gigabytes of data. But I doubt it will be that useful for NSIS installers...

MSG · 7th May 2012, 12:23

Also, can I have some fries with that?

4th May 2012, 19:10	#1
jpcoffey Junior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA Posts: 8	NSIS Unicode 2.46.4 offered on portableapps.com . . . All, portableapps.com is showing the NSIS Unicode installer 2.46.4 as being available. Check out, http://portableapps.com/apps/develop...wnload_details Are they jumping the gun, or is NSIS finally moving forward? Please advise. Thank you. : -) Sincerely, JPCoffey

4th May 2012, 19:46	#2
Anders Moderator Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: ${NSISDIR} Posts: 5,442	That is the unicode fork, next official release will be v3.0 probably... IntOp $PostCount $PostCount + 1

4th May 2012, 21:18	#3
jpcoffey Junior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA Posts: 8	Great news! Anders, great news! Thanks for your prompt reply. Can you give us an idea of what is going to happen moving forward? Are there going to be two forks from now on with a choice of Unicode or ANSI? Are the forks going to be eventually merged to a common version 3.0? Do you have a rough idea as to when this is going to take place? Anders, you guys have done a great job with NSIS and we are all very appreciative. I am only asking because it has been so long since we have received any guidance as to what the road ahead will look like. You may not have known yourself, so we can completely understand. Thank you for any feedback you can provide. Sincerely, JPCoffey

4th May 2012, 21:01	#4
LoRd_MuldeR Major Dude Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Somewhere over the Slaughterhouse Posts: 797	It should be noted that v2.46.4 had a bug with !searchreplace that was fixed in 2.46.5: http://code.google.com/p/unsis/downloads/list My Plugins: StdUtils \| NSISList \| CPUFeatures \| ExecTimeout \| KillProc My source of inspiration: http://youtu.be/lCwY4_0W1YI

4th May 2012, 21:32	#5
Anders Moderator Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: ${NSISDIR} Posts: 5,442	Most of the fork has already been merged. (What happens to the fork is out of our control, once we release v3.0 the fork will probably die) v3.0 will be a unicode compiler that can also create ANSI installers. Everything related to reading/writing files and !system needs to be rewritten, once that is done we should be getting closer to a release. (No timeframe) IntOp $PostCount $PostCount + 1

7th May 2012, 10:38	#6
GaNi Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 21	Introduce LZMA2 if possible.

7th May 2012, 12:23	#8
MSG Major Dude Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,892	Also, can I have some fries with that?

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