Windows installer version 5.0 released long time ago. Will there be any future development on this or Microsoft is going to deprecate it?
I am asking this as we are creating many new installers based on MSI technology. If not MSI, what it's alternative?
Windows Installer hasn't had a roadmap in years. It's not deprecated either though. It just is what it is and still works and is still supported.
There's been a half dozen attempts to replace MSI with the latest being MSIX but all of them fall short of what MSI can do.
MSI is still the best choice for most installers IMO. (Been writing installers since 1997 and MSI since 2003.)