Mladen Turk wrote:
> Mark Thomas wrote:
>> Mladen Turk wrote:
>>> The standard .zip distro should contain only the bare tomcat.
>>> Everything else like docs, deployer etc are already in separate
>>> packages.
>>> The point is to have the same functionality as with .exe installer
>>> but from individual peaces, just like you select which sections to
>>> install from the installer.
>>
>> In which case the service component needs to be separate from the
>> native/APR
>> connector component.
>>
> 
> Well, it would be simpler to have just one platform/cpu dist for
> 'everything-native' instead three more zips thought.
> 
> 
> Just one note to the previous reply...
> IMO the .zip distro should be exactly the same as .tar.gz distro

+1

> (I'm not even convinced we absolutely need CR-LF line endings).
> The reason is that some platforms have limited default tar implementation
> like Solaris (especially for long file names and paths).

I see where you are coming from but I think the line ending changes should stay.

> So, to find a common denominator, how about:
> apache-tomcat-0.0.0.zip
> 
> apache-tomcat-0.0.0-windows-x86.zip
> apache-tomcat-0.0.0-windows-x64.zip
> apache-tomcat-0.0.0-windows-i64.zip
> The latest three would contain everything from
> apache-tomcat-0.0.0.zip + service wrapper + native.

+1. If we get feedback from users that suggests changes we can re-evaluate.

Mark


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