Kristian Rink schrieb:
> Adam Bien schrieb:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Glassfish v3 could improve the installation experience as well adding
>> WebStart support with the possibility of preselecting "interesting"
>> modules. There is already a great example available:
>> https://www.opends.org/wiki/page/OverviewOfTheQuickSetupTool
>>
>> This would differentiate glassfish from others and make the installation
>> process more convenient,
>>
>
> And it would provide a "homogenous" environment also compared to OpenDS (and
> maybe other infrastructure applications - OpenESB, ...) one day?
>
Absolutely.
> And still, I would like this as an addition, but I wouldn't want to miss the
> ability to, like now done with NetBeans or Glassfishv2, have an
> "all-included" .zip file to be pulled off some server, unzipped, maybe even
> set up using ant and then started, knowing that I actually, at the very
> least, do have everything I need in this regard to get work done. Maybe this
> is a requirement of mine rather "special", but given I more than once have
> to deal with this kind of software in environments in which internet
> connectivity ain't permanently available, having an "all-inclusive" bundle
> of which to easily kick out un-needed stuff eventually seems more appealing
> than having applications requiring connectivity to get started... :)
>
All inclusive bundle is even more important. The JNLP installation is
just an additional idea - but it is good for the adoption.
I even installed openDS in some trainings with JNLP - without that it
would be lot harder.
> Just my ¤0.02 on that, of course... :)
> Cheers,
> Kristian
>
>
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