Re: Windows installer

I think the setup should follow the same name scheme as the zip, to aviod confusion. My $0.02. On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Zak Greant wrote the following to Phil Driscoll : > At 07:15 PM 10/12/00 +0100, you wrote: > > >Looks good only change its nbame from setup.exe to somthing like > > >php403-installer.exe > > > >James, > > > >Thanks for checking it out. > > > >I take your point, but just about every Windows application I have used is > >installed by something called setup.exe, and some widely used applications > >(e.g. WinZip) treat setup.exe as a special case. > > > >That said, I'm happy to go with the tide of opinion if anyone else has one! > > I would say that as long as the application is distributed in a zip file > that has an informative name, that setup.exe makes more sense. > > Also, the new installer works well under Win98 :) > > --zak > > >