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hgfixes: add a fixer to convert plain strings to bytestrings...
hgfixes: add a fixer to convert plain strings to bytestrings This patch implements a 2to3 fixer that converts all plain strings in a python source file to byte strings syntax. Example: foo = 'Normal string' would become foo = b'Normal string' The motivation behind this fixer can be found in http://selenic.com/pipermail/mercurial-devel/2010-June/022363.html or, in other words: the current hg source assumes that _most_ strings are "meant" to be byte sequences, so it makes sense to make the convertion implemented by this patch. As mentioned above, not all mercurial modules want to use strings as bytes, examples include i18n (which uses unicode), and demandimport (in py3k, module names are normal strings, thus unicode, and there's no need for a convertion). Therefore, these modules are blacklisted in the fixer. There are also a few functions that can take only unicode arguments, thus the convertion shouldn't be done for those.
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WiX installer source files
==========================

The files in this folder are used by the thg-winbuild [1] package
building architecture to create a Mercurial MSI installer. These files
are versioned within the Mercurial source tree because the WXS files
must kept up to date with distribution changes within their branch. In
other words, the default branch WXS files are expected to diverge from
the stable branch WXS files. Storing them within the same repository is
the only sane way to keep the the source tree and the installer in sync.

The MSI installer builder uses only the mercurial.ini file from the
contrib/win32 folder, the contents of which have been historically used
to create an InnoSetup based installer. The rest of the files there are
ignored.

The MSI packages built by thg-winbuild require elevated (admin)
privileges to be installed due to the installation of MSVC CRT libraries
under the C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS folder. Thus the InnoSetup installers may
still be useful to some users.

To build your own MSI packages, clone the thg-winbuild [1] repository
and follow the README.txt [2] instructions closely. There are fewer
prerequisites for a WiX [3] installer than an InnoSetup installer, but
they are more specific.

Direct questions or comments to Steve Borho <steve@borho.org>

[1] http://bitbucket.org/tortoisehg/thg-winbuild
[2] http://bitbucket.org/tortoisehg/thg-winbuild/src/tip/README.txt
[3] http://wix.sourceforge.net/