Hi all, This is only day 2 for me so I apologize if I haven't absorbed all your info yet. Instalit was a generalized installation toolkit for DOS/Windows similar to (but more powerful than) InstallShield. I used to work at the company. Alas it is no more, but its salient features were scriptable 'build' process and 'scriptable' install process. The scritpable build process was extremely valuable, for remote or timed builds across the enterprise (IBM used it for this). I'm just gonna hang here for a while and try to grasp the 'big picture'... Joe Robertson 256-730-8216 jmrober1@ingr.com jmrobert@ro.com

-----Original Message----- From: Greg Ward [SMTP:gward@cnri.reston.va.us] Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 1998 7:33 AM To: distutils-sig@python.org Subject: Re: [Distutils] Observations

Quoth Robertson, Joseph M, on 15 December 1998:

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I like the scriptable builds stuff. Just like Instalit of the old days. If fact I'd suggest we use a similar method. The build script tags data such as whether to check file dates, versions, etc when installing; what compression type to use, etc, etc.

What is "Instalit"? -- I've heard the name pop up once or twice in the last week or so, but never heard of it before. Remember, we're not all on the same wavelength here!