Installer make target (NSIS or alternative)

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Since the project structure and codebase (Qt version) have changed a lot, both the win-install and linux-install targets are effectively broken. I think most of us agree we don't like NSIS, and there are several alternatives.

Options

• NSIS (What's currently in the repo)
  • Downside: Archaic.
  • Advantage: ?. Haven't looked into it enough.
• Qt Installer Framework
  • Downside: Large executable size.
  • Advantage: Super easy to make. I took about 5 minutes to create a basic installer^[1]
  • Advantage: Can make online installers. Connect to a repository. Updating NifSkope or the XML files could be a matter of running the update tool, and checking for updates.
• ???

[1]: Fig. 1

^{(Ignore the actual content of the installer.) :)}

For example I'd rather say "NIF File Format Documentation" to differentiate between that and the NifSkope API docs. Speaking of, an online installer would make including the rather large API docs possible for anyone who would want them. They're rather large currently (100MB). Here's an example of the current Doxygen output. Linking to the main NifSkope class because I think the collaboration diagram is funny. :)

Tracking

Refactor Progress #32