>I'm sure none of this is unsolvable, but should we throw away the nice >installer we have and replaces it with something else when it works quite >well? Wouldn't the time >be better spent elsewhere eg fixing outstanding >bugs/JIRA issues? The users don't care if the installer uses ant for air under >the hood or not but they do care about bugs >being fixed. Currently modifying >the AS code in the installer isn't that hard.
I agree that fixing bugs is the current highest priority (and I already have a lot on my plate). IMO, Alex was thinking ahead about FlexJS installers, and then thought of a kind of "generic" installer, which logic would be based on ANT. Once this installer would be ready for FlexJS, it could also replace the current Flex SDK installer. I consider this topic as "preliminary" discussions on what could be done in the near future. Regards, Maurice -----Message d'origine----- De : Justin Mclean [mailto:jus...@classsoftware.com] Envoyé : jeudi 12 décembre 2013 09:52 À : dev@flex.apache.org Objet : Re: Installer Revisited Hi, A few questions: The installer can also run locally ie not download anything but copy local files. Can we do this with ant for air? With ant for air how would be be able to select the AIR and FP version and only download the correct version? Can we default to current latest versions? Would all the licence acceptances be in one step? Can we disable the next button until all required licences have been accepted? Can we keep the same nice UI the installer has? Just about all UIs I've seen that use config files for layout/steps end up looking like they been designed by developers not designers. I'm sure none of this is unsolvable, but should we throw away the nice installer we have and replaces it with something else when it works quite well? Wouldn't the time be better spent elsewhere eg fixing outstanding bugs/JIRA issues? The users don't care if the installer uses ant for air under the hood or not but they do care about bugs being fixed. Currently modifying the AS code in the installer isn't that hard. Thanks, Justin
