On Jan 17, 2008, at 10:04 PM, Raju Uppalapati wrote:
> Not sure if its too late for V3 schedule but I think the following
> features in V3 will help improve developer adoption:
> 1. Install should be be one step process. No ant -f setup.xml etc.
> It should preferably be just an unzip without requiring a cumbersome
> install like java -jar etc.
> 2. Should be able to copy an installed directory to another location
> and the product and all its deployed applications should still work.
> This feature is needed for shipping preconfigured Glassfish
> bundles for applications that bundle glassfish. Basically I should
> be able to install under c:\glassfish and move it to d:\apps
> \glassfish and still be able to stop/start the server and all its
> deployed apps.
Great feedback. I got the same two requirements over the past two days
from other GlassFish users. You've just re-inforced them.
>
> 3. The download bits (installer/zip/Jar) should be OS independent.
> This is a major irritant.
>
Got it.
> I have been talking to the community manager of a popular open
> source product and these were the reasons he gave for their
> developers not willing to choose GF in their development environment.
>
That's unfortunate as GlassFish is a great application server for
development. Feel free to have the community manager contact me or
post to this alias for a direct conversation. The lzPack installer
from Julien Ponge offers one-step installation:
http://jpz-log.info/archives/2007/12/20/the-glassfish-installer-is-now-available/
> I feel they are valid RFEs and if considered seriously will help
> GFV3 gain some traction with people who otherwise go with tomcat or
> JBoss.
Agreed.
>
> BTW how does one create an RFE for GFV3? Could not find the
> appropriate link on the GF webpage.
>
I'm capturing these on the GFv3 Requirements wiki:
http://wiki.glassfish.java.net/Wiki.jsp?page=GlassFishV3Requirements
. You can post RFEs to the issue tracker. However, we'll move the
RFE's from the wiki to issue tracker so consider these captured.
https://glassfish.dev.java.net/issues/query.cgi
Issue Type: Enhancement
Version: V3
Milestone: V3
> thanks,
> _raju
>