What even is this ? about squirrel.windows

[peters]

#18

[tbroust-trepia]

Yep, but none of this other issue solves this particular problem :/ I still don't know what Squirrel is used for.

[shiftkey]

Elevator pitch: it's a installer and updating framework for desktop applications on Windows.

Wayback Machine: check this README for the initial philosophy behind it.

The name: it comes from this meme

[tbroust-trepia]

Thanks! I was right, it's something that interests me very much; we currently use Inno Setup but it's... lacking in many areas. And it's in Pascal. Blergh.

Can someone (who's already doing modifications) please add the "what do we want" part to the readme.md ? Or should I do a PR just for that ?

[christianrondeau]

I'm in the process of consolidating the documentation, I'll try writing down something in my docs branch, we'll see if this fits (if it still makes sense for the core team)

[tbroust-trepia]

Thanks! I was actually thinking about your changes... 😁

[anaisbetts]

Hey @tbroust-trepia, the README is intentionally vague at the moment because the project isn't ready. Once it is, it will have a much better README :)

[tbroust-trepia]

Well, I think it's a bit sad. You could say what it is, and then in huge bold letters, "it's not ready yet", but not even knowing what it is, I don't even want to contribute. Which, now that I know what it is, I want. Or would like.

[christianrondeau]

Here's my README draft: https://github.com/christianrondeau/Squirrel.Windows.Next/blob/docs/README.md

Feel free to suggest improvements.

[cosmo0]

Well, at least now I know what I get into :)