[Bug 3813] New: RFE: Better packaging for a Windows installable version

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http://bugzilla.spamassassin.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3813

           Summary: RFE: Better packaging for a Windows installable version
           Product: Spamassassin
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Windows XP
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P5
         Component: Building & Packaging
        AssignedTo: dev@spamassassin.apache.org
        ReportedBy: sidney@sidney.com


This RFE is to collect ideas to make SpamAssassin easier to install and use on
Windows. See for example this discussion on slashdot
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=122734&cid=10320250

When we settle on a list of things that need to be done and have opened tickets
for each of them, then this RFE can be closed.

To start it off, here's my first cut at a list of tasks:

Create a verson of spamd that can run as a Windows service, using something that
works in Windows for forking and managing child processes instead of signals,
and logging to the Event Logger instead of using syslog.

Package SpamAssassin and the spamd service as exe files using the techniques of
http://perlmonks.thepen.com/215299.html

Make sure that everything that is needed to build a Windows version is part of
the source tree, so that no kludges are needed such as the "copy and paste the
following into a batch file and run it" instructions for generating HTML doc
files that we see in http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/InstallingOnWindows (as
of now).



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