Another fork of MultiInstaller

[luebbe]

Hi @pyscripter

a while ago I was looking for a tool to simplify component installation in Delphi. After checking different options I ended up looking at your fork and the original Silverpoint version of the installer. Finally I picked the Silverpoint version, because I liked the structuring with helper classes, over your version and started from there. I guess your fork is based on a more than five year old version of the Silverpoint installer.
In the mean time I fixed a few bugs added some functionality and quality of life improvements as well as RAD Studio 13 and 64-Bit support. I saw that you have done the same :).
Since I think that it may be a waste of energy to maintain two separate forks. I'd like to ask you to take a look at my fork at https://github.com/luebbe/MultiInstaller. I think that it improves a lot over the Silverpoint version (don't know where it stands in relation to yours, but I think that there are also some improvements).
If you'd like to take a look and tell me whether I have missed something (it's the classical "works for me" test ;-)) and maybe join forces, I'd be glad to hear from you.

[pyscripter]

HI @luebbe Good to hear from you!

I would be happy to join forces.
My fork has a number of improvements compared to the original, which are listed in the Readme file. Some of them I consider essential, such as installing from github repos.

It would be nice to merge your improvements and mine. I am not sure how to move this forward though. I am open to suggestions.

[luebbe]

Hi @pyscripter

The SP version which I used as a base was already able to install from Git repositories. So maybe they have quietly incorporated your changes (or they came up with the same solution :))

So maybe if you give my version a spin and tell me if you miss something, we may not need to merge that much.

I ran both, yours and the SP version and at that point in time both were lacking the same things for me.

[pyscripter]

You are right (https://www.silverpointdevelopment.com/multiinstaller/index.htm#history)

26 November 2018 - version 3.5.5

• Added RAD Studio 10.3 Rio support
• Added GIT support, thanks to PyScripter.

I will have a look at both repos (Silverpoint and yours) when I get some time.

[luebbe]

No need to rush it. I'm on a business trip next week and won't be able to do anything before Thursday.
Since my repo is a fork of the latest SP version, it's a superset of their work.