Comments on: Be a deployment Boy Scout https://www.robg3d.com/2012/01/be-a-deployment-boy-scout/ Blog of Rob Galanakis (@robgalanakis) Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:25:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.1 By: Rob Galanakis https://www.robg3d.com/2012/01/be-a-deployment-boy-scout/#comment-7725 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:25:53 +0000 http://www.robg3d.com/?p=825#comment-7725 In reply to Robert.

Good point about the admin rights, that’s definitely another thing (why are we still hard-coding paths instead of using the loads of better documented and supported ways!?). Yeah I still don’t like MSI Installers- they are way too hammer-like for me when I want most things to have precision.

]]> By: Robert https://www.robg3d.com/2012/01/be-a-deployment-boy-scout/#comment-7713 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:43:07 +0000 http://www.robg3d.com/?p=825#comment-7713 I so agree with this! If you ever work with an outsourcer, they will love you for giving them tools that don’t mess up everyone’s machine.

Another problem for outsourcers: we have high security – most users do not have admin rights. That also proves to be a major stumbling point for many of our clients’ tools.

And lastly, please don’t rely on internet connections for authentification or whatever else (we have tools doing this!)

About installers: our IT loves msi installers though to automatically push tools to users on system startup.

]]> By: Matt https://www.robg3d.com/2012/01/be-a-deployment-boy-scout/#comment-7703 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:58:00 +0000 http://www.robg3d.com/?p=825#comment-7703 Great info Rob, I think you’ve done your good turn for today ;)

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