chocolatey_blenderbim_rfc

about

Rfc for blenderbim chocolatey install / uninstall scripts.

• install
  It checks for running blender.exe and aborts if found, for safe install.
  Specified blenderbim build is pulled (here: blenderbim-220719-py310-win.zip) and sha256sum checked after download.
  The zip file is then unpacked into "%APPDATA%\Blender Foundation\Blender\{latest_blender_version}\scripts\addons". Afterwards the addon is enabled by a short call to headless blender. blenderbim is registered as installed by chocolatey.

• uninstall
  It checks for running blender.exe and aborts if found, for safe uninstall. Addon is disabled by a short call to headless blender. "%APPDATA%\Blender Foundation\Blender\{latest_blender_version}\scripts\addons" is removed. blenderbim is registered as uninstalled.

rationale

Being able to install BlenderBIM with chocolatey helps to easily deploy the latest version of BlenderBIM.
With a single simple choco upgrade all all chocolatey installed packages can be kept up to date
When writing Blender addons depending on BlenderBIM these chocolatey install / uninstall scripts can
ease the deployment of those as well.

rfc - best case scenario

This repo could be integrated into ifcopenshell blenderbim build process and dynamically push to
chocolatey community repo. (cycle?: every nightly? just weekly? only specific releases?)
That way from a user and deployment perspective it would be trivial to keep up with its rapid development cycle.

assertions

This rfc currently only focuses on

• installing / updating / uninstalling the latest build
• on win10 64bit
  • with chocolatey preinstalled
  • assumes blender settings in "%APPDATA%\Blender Foundation\Blender\{latest_blender_version}\scripts\addons"
  • blender python version of latest blender chocolatey version
• blender chocolatey package is used as dependency

missing items

• general
  • comments
  • review
• fill info in nuspec
  • owners
  • icons
  • mailing list?
  • release notes?

trying out this repo locally

As this is currently not pushed to chocolatey.org, one can only try this repo locally via:

• install
  from this repo/blenderbim directory:
  choco pack to create the nupkg package
  choco install blenderbim -dv -s . --force
• uninstall
  choco uninstall blenderbim