Setup Matters

Since our last meeting, we fixed some last-minute WiX v6 bugs, shipped WiX v6, and began working on WiX v7. And that's just in our copious spare time. In future meetings, we're going to tackle the many, many issues we've been hoarding dutifully maintaining over the years. Join us live for some lightning-round triage!

Today is the 55th annual Earth Day (plus or minus 1,657,100,000,000 other, more mundane days) and we celebrate in part by releasing HeatWave v1.0.6 and HeatWave Build Tools v6.0.0, with full support for WiX v6.

WiX v6.0.0 is now available. Update your .wixproj files, load up the WiX CLI package on your favorite build machine, and update the .NET tool installation if you have one. And if you make money using WiX, take note of the new Open Source Maintenance Fee.

We're mere moments away from the vernal equinox which here in WiX-land means we're in shipping season, more than naked equinox dancing under the waning gibbous moon. In today's meeting, we had a big chunk of issues to triage, including those Rob and I preemptively fixed, so almost half were already closed. WiX v6 is coming soon!

WiX v6.0.0-rc.2, the second and final release candidate of the second release of the new annual WiX release cadence, is now available for your packaging business and pleasure. Download it, use it—it's an easy job to switch from WiX v4 and WiX v5—and report any bugs you discover.

Today's meeting was postponed a week due to the time we took to handle the WiX documentation consolidation, the sunsetting of WiX v3 and v4, and the release of WiX v6-rc.1. Then, due to the phenomenon known as "clock madness" for which Rob is Patient Zero, it was postponed an additional 30 minutes. Rob also announced the Open Source Maintenance Fee as a way of addressing the open-source sustainability crisis. Stay tuned for how the Open Source Maintenance Fee will apply to WiX.