rssowl-portable

A portable version of RSSOwl. This repository should contain build scripts and configuration files to modify RSSOwl from https://github.com/rssowl/RSSOwl to be portable.

Discuss

• https://sourceforge.net/p/rssowl/discussion/296910/thread/696dafff/
• https://sourceforge.net/p/rssowl/discussion/296910/thread/57483982/

Information

• http://portableapps.com/development
• http://portableapps.com/manuals/PortableApps.comLauncher/ref/index.html
• older RSSOwl portable links:
  • http://portableapps.com/node/19271 RSSOwl 2M9 Portable Dev Test 4
  • http://portableapps.com/node/24728 RSSOwl Portable 2.0.6 Development Test1
  • http://code.google.com/p/rssowl-portable/ (of RSSOwl 1.2.3 version)
  • http://portableapps.com/search/node/RSSOwl

TODO

• add documentation (?)
• add scripts to auto-generate RSSOwl.ini, PortableApps.com installer, …
• discuss whether RSSOwl portable should
  • be shipped with all available translations
  • be shipped in ~20 versions, one for each translation
• discuss whether RSSOwl portable should
  • disable auto-update and update via PortableApps.com platform
  • enable auto-update and not update via PortableApps.com platform

Building

How to generate a RSSOwlPortable.paf.exe installer:

1. Download the Windows zip file of RSSOwl from http://www.rssowl.org/download
2. extract its contents to /Portableapps.com/RSSOwlPortable/App/RSSOwl
3. Run PortableApps.com Launcher (generates the RSSOwlPortable Launcher)
4. Run PortableApps.com Installer (generates the RSSOwlPortable.paf.exe installer

Debugging

• for debugging the installer see http://portableapps.com/manuals/PortableApps.comLauncher/advanced/debug.html
• for debugging RSSOwl see http://www.rssowl.org/help , the forum and the source code repository

Releasing

• Check before releasing: http://portableapps.com/manuals/PortableApps.comLauncher/topics/checklist.html