On 1 Apr 2010, at 11:56, Carl McDade wrote: > Jan, > > Can you point me to the correct source code repository for the installer?
http://couchdb.apache.org/community/code.html There is are git mirrors on http://git.apache.org and http://github.com/apache/couchdb Cheers Jan -- > > Carl > > On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Jan Lehnardt <j...@apache.org> wrote: > >> >> On 1 Apr 2010, at 11:28, Carl McDade wrote: >> >>> Sorry, >>> >>> I forgot to mention that I don't think there should be any Official >> Release >>> of the installer until these issues are fixed. Seperating out some of the >>> parts like the erlang binaries would also remove some of the legal >> headache >>> involved in the distribution for Windows. >> >> We already resolved that there is no legal headache. >> >>> In other words while the installer is nice to have, it's just not ready >> for primetime. >> >> While I agree this is a nice feature, it's a feature, not a blocker. >> >> There are many things in CouchDB that fall in the same category (no >> auto-compaction comes to mind) and don't stop us from making >> releases. >> >> That said, if someone offers patches to fixes these issues, I don't >> see a reason why we shouldn't include them. >> >> Cheers >> Jan >> -- >> >> >> >> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 11:17 AM, Carl McDade <carlmcd...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I have been trying to use the Windows binaries of CouchDB but find that >> the >>>> installer creates issues that never get mentioned. The first concern and >> one >>>> that should be fixed is the distribution and linking of the Erlang >> binaries >>>> in the install. There should always be an option to use the Erlang >>>> installation already on the machine. Hard linking the install to the >>>> packaged Erlang binaries will almost guarantee non-use of the installer >> and >>>> a subsequent hunt for a way to compile CouchDB seperately. >>>> >>>> My second concern is the lack of user defined paths for the >> installation. >>>> This also will cause many to uninstall and wait. >>>> >>>> What should be remembered is that Windows users that are installing >> CouchDB >>>> want the same options that they would get when installing an RDMS. If >> these >>>> are not available then they will move on and never give any input so >> quality >>>> assurance is lost. >>>> >>>> Hope I did not step on any toes here :) >>>> >>>> Carl McDade >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 12:49 AM, Noah Slater <nsla...@me.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 31 Mar 2010, at 22:36, Mark Hammond wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> *sigh* - only a few messages ago in this thread you said: >>>>>> >>>>>>> If you're happy preparing the binary, I am happy to call a vote on >> it. >>>>>> >>>>>> I did my end of the bargain, so would it be possible for you to do >>>>> yours? >>>>> >>>>> No. >>>>> >>>>> I know nothing about them, have no way of testing them. Putting my name >> on >>>>> them and putting them up for a vote is something that doesn't interest >> me >>>>> much. I am struggling enough with my free time at the moment, the last >> thing >>>>> I want to do is add yet more work to my plate. >>>>> >>>>>>> * If and only if they are prepared from the source tarball >>>>> released as 0.11.0 >>>>>> >>>>>> They were - the only complication was that the installer build scripts >>>>> (ie, the etc/windows directory) is not in the source archive for some >> reason >>>>> I don't understand - however, this only impacts the generation of the >>>>> installer itself, *not* the generation of the couchdb binaries. >>>>> >>>>> Is the binary artefact prepared directly from the tarball that is >>>>> distributed to our users? >>>>> >>>>> Or are you preparing it from the source checked out from the >> repository? >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> ________________________________________ >>>> Carl McDade >>>> Webmaster - Drupal developer - PHP programmer >>>> Stockholm Sweden >>>> Drupal.se >>>> Linkedin.com/drupalse >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ________________________________________ >>> Carl McDade >>> Webmaster - Drupal developer - PHP programmer >>> Stockholm Sweden >>> Drupal.se >>> Linkedin.com/drupalse >> >> > > > -- > ________________________________________ > Carl McDade > Webmaster - Drupal developer - PHP programmer > Stockholm Sweden > Drupal.se > Linkedin.com/drupalse
