On 10/2/05, Geir Magnusson Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Aaron - how do you feel about actually releasing this... care to vote?
I would like to vote -1 until there's an installer package available, but it seemed like it would be rude. So now I'm hoping that the vote drags on long enough for David and I to work out the path to the installer. :) Aaron > On Oct 2, 2005, at 9:05 PM, Aaron Mulder wrote: > > > Well, as soon as IzPack 3.8 goes final, it should be in Maven -- the > > previous release is. I would be happy to make that a condition of > > Geronimo 1.0, but I don't think it's necessary for M5. > > > > It's fine with me if the installer is build by unpacking the > > assembly zip. > > > > Aaron > > > > On 10/2/05, David Jencks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> I think there are a couple of issues: > >> 1. It is a really lot of work to run the tck, and I'm not up for > >> doing > >> it again for a while. I would prefer to find a way to claim that the > >> geronimo installer is covered by the tests run on the zip distro. I > >> would be quite happy claiming this if the installer was built by > >> unpacking the zip into the installer directory rather than copying > >> all/most of the files. It's probably fine if we build the installer > >> using the same assembly directory, but I'd like some other > >> opinions on > >> this. > >> > >> 2. Related to the above, we should build the installer on the same > >> assembly module copy as the zip. That's one of David Blevin's > >> machines, so he should do it. > >> > >> > >> > >>> Also, if we can distribute our own Axis, I'm sure we can distribute > >>> our own IzPack. But really, I don't think there's a compelling need > >>> to, since no one needs IzPack to install or run the product. (Also, > >>> you say you couldn't get a copy for yourself, but that's only > >>> because > >>> the download was troublesome for you, right? If I had a nickel for > >>> every time ibiblio crapped out... :) > >>> > >> > >> Ibiblio sometimes has problems, but it is a well known well > >> advertised > >> site with automated downloads and usually works fine. Stuff > >> available > >> from it has at least theoretically been officially released by its > >> authors. The current version of izpack is on a secret site that you > >> need a password for and that in my experience has not yet worked. It > >> has not been officially released and I have no idea how it was built. > >> I'm not sure how much of an issue I have with this for M5 but I > >> really > >> don't want to continue this state of affairs through the next > >> release. > >> I think izpack has to be run from maven. > >> > >> Anyone else have an opinion? > >> > >> thanks > >> david jencks > >> > >>> > >>> Aaron > >>> > >>> On 10/2/05, David Jencks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > >>>> > >>>> On Oct 2, 2005, at 8:00 AM, Aaron Mulder wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> Cool. Can you publish a candidate installer, too? > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> well, I'm not sure. I see two potential problems, aside from being > >>>> too > >>>> tired right now to put it together :-) > >>>> > >>>> 1. We aren't set up to certify it, how would we make it clear > >>>> that the > >>>> installer version wasn't certified? Or is it certified??? I'd > >>>> prefer > >>>> to find a way to certify the installer based version. I think it > >>>> would > >>>> be easy to build the installer using maven, but I'm not sure about > >>>> unpacking/running it to get something to test. If we found a > >>>> way to > >>>> make the installer include the certified zip distribution and just > >>>> unpack it and change the config.* files I don't think this would > >>>> be an > >>>> issue. Maybe it's ok to claim the installer is certified if it is > >>>> built from the same assembly as the zip. I'm just not sure. > >>>> > >>>> 2. It's built with unreleased software that I at least couldn't get > >>>> for > >>>> myself. I suppose that we could include a copy of the installer kit > >>>> version we use, as we have included a copy of axis. > >>>> > >>>> Anyway I hope we can figure out a way to answer these questions > >>>> so we > >>>> can put out a installer version. > >>>> > >>>> thanks > >>>> david jencks > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks, > >>>>> Aaron > >>>>> > >>>>> On 10/2/05, Geir Magnusson Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> (just making it clear for others) > >>>>>> > >>>>>> +1 from me > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Thanks everyone for the incredible work to make this happen. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> geir > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On Oct 2, 2005, at 8:15 AM, David Jencks wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> The 1.0-M5 branch passed all the tck tests, so David Blevins > >>>>>>> and I > >>>>>>> have tagged geronimo and openejb and built a candidate 1.0-M5 > >>>>>>> zip. > >>>>>>> We are running the tck on this. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> The zip is available for testing at > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> http://people.apache.org/~dblevins/geronimo-1.0-M5.zip > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> We'd like to call for a vote on a release based on this tag > >>>>>>> conditional on the tck passing (again). I think the process > >>>>>>> would > >>>>>>> be that after the vote we would work on publishing the jars, > >>>>>>> this > >>>>>>> zip distribution, and a source distribution. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Many thanks, > >>>>>>> david jencks > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> -- > >>>>>> Geir Magnusson Jr > >>>>>> +1-203-665-6437 > >>>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > Geir Magnusson Jr +1-203-665-6437 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
