Looking for MSI's for GIMP, InkScape

[Ben Scott]

Hi list,

  GIMP and InkScape for MS Windows.  Has anyone seen anything in the
way of current MSI packages for them?

  Google found some people asking for the same thing, and some old
stuff, but I'd prefer something that's being actively maintained.  For
example, <http://sourceforge.net/projects/msi-repository/> has GIMP
2.2.8 (2005) and InkScape 44.1 (2006), while current releases are
2.2.14 and 45.1, respectively.

  I'm real keen to try and get GIMP and InkScape in use at work, on
our Windoze boxen.  (FOSS doesn't have to mean 'nix, after all.  And I
think this is a great way to build acceptance and momentum behind
FOSS, without requiring the often difficult decision to switch the OS
first.)

  For those curious as to why I'm asking for MSI: MSI is the "native"
package format on Windoze, kinda like .rpm on Red Hat and friends or
.deb on Debian and friends.  MSI lets you do things like automatic,
unattended software installation/upgrade/remove on Windows, with
directory-based management and all that good stuff.  It's a *lot*
easier to deploy an MSI than it is to script other solutions.

  I'd even consider doing work to package them in MSI's myself (in my
Copious Free Time, heh), but if someone else already has, I'd rather
make use of that.  :)

-- Ben