Re: RFC: File vitality

I'd vote for on by default.  In our installers, the files that aren't vital could still cause
problems overall if they weren't present.  For example, the help docs aren't vital because the
product doesn't need them to work, but it would be very annoying for the user if they can't find
them when needed.  There are several other files, in several other products, which aren't needed,
but result in some form of lost functionality/ability/support if absent.

Rob

Bob Arnson wrote:
> I just posted a request for comments on my blog, to ask about a change
> we're considering to simplify WiX authoring. You can see the post here:
>
> http://www.joyofsetup.com/2008/05/03/rfc-vitality/
>
> The short version is that we're considering marking all files with the
> msidbFileAttributesVital bit set by default. That's a behavior change
> and we wanted to get feedback before deciding either way. Please read
> the whole post and let us know what you think, either via blog post
> comments or mail on this list.
>

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