On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 6:32 PM, Donald Woods <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Not sure how creating a tar.gz makes it easier, given unzip is provided > with most Linux distros (like RHEL, Fedora, SLED/SELS, openSUSE, ....), on > MacOSX and most Unix distros (though maybe as an optional package, like on > AIX.) Makes me wonder why we have tar.gz distributions in our server releases!! ++Vamsi > > > I'd prefer staying with zipfiles only. > > > -Donald > > Vamsavardhana Reddy wrote: > > > Hi Tim, > > > > We should at least have a tar.gz distribution corresponding to > > geronimo-eclipse-plugin-xxx-deployable.zip so that it is easy for linux > > users who want to do a manual installation of GEP. > > > > ++Vamsi > > > > On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 6:57 PM, Tim McConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > > Hi Vamsi, I've opened a new feature JIRA to determine if it makes > > sense to actually release a tar.gz artifact. As far as I know, the > > Eclipse update sites only handle zipfiles, so I'm not comfortable at > > this time releasing a tar.gz artifact for GEP 2.1.0. <http://2.1.0.> > > However, we shall determine the implications for the next GEP > > release, and if reasonable will do so. Thanks for the suggestion > > > > -----> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMODEVTOOLS-335 > > > > > > > > Vamsavardhana Reddy wrote: > > > > To add on, I would love to see these tar.gz distributions in GEP > > 2.1.0 release itself if adding these does not amount to a lot of > > work. > > > > ++Vamsi > > > > On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 9:46 AM, Vamsavardhana Reddy > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> wrote: > > > > I don't remember if I had brought this up earlier, but wanted > > to... Should we also include tar.gz distributions in our > > Geronimo Eclipse > > Plugin releases? > > > > ++Vamsi > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 8:07 AM, Tim McConnell > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> > > wrote: > > > > Discussion thread for the Geronimo Eclipse Plugin 2.1.0 > > (RC1) > > Release vote..... > > > > > > > > > > -- Thanks, > > Tim McConnell > > > > > >
