the v3 zip archive is a very welcome addition to the v2 poor man's
installer.
Let's keep this zip what it is, an archive, not an installer.
-Alexis
On Aug 28, 2009, at 23:53, Arun Gupta wrote:
> Ah, depends what you mean by installer :)
>
> I meant the layman's installer which pops up the license screen and
> unzips everything, not the fancy one.
>
> I think weekly promotions should have the name embedded in the zip
> file since most of us download them every week and create our own
> folders. Stable builds are anyways named, like v3-preview or
> something similar.
>
> -Arun
>
> Vince Kraemer wrote:
>> Actually, Arun is right...
>> Paul should be using the installer, not the dot-zip file.
>> problem solved. no code change necessary.
>> Good save, Arun.
>> vbk
>> On 08/28/09 09:13, Arun Gupta wrote:
>>> +1
>>>
>>> There are lots of us who download GlassFish promotions every week.
>>> Instead of creating my own folder, I'd certainly appreciate if
>>> GlassFish installer do it for me.
>>>
>>> 'Download Now' can perform little bit more magic to keep it
>>> transparent from the user. Wondering, does it have to because
>>> there is an option to specify the directory name anyway ?
>>>
>>> -Arun
>>>
>>> Paul Sandoz wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Aug 28, 2009, at 5:08 PM, vince kraemer wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> -1 : adds unnecessary complication to 'Download Now' feature in
>>>>> Eclipse and NB integration.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It makes my life more complicated as a human consumer of that
>>>> file having to do a repetitive task that a computer can make
>>>> easier for me.
>>>>
>>>> Cannot the code for 'Download Now' be updated?
>>>>
>>>> Paul.
>>>>
>>>>> vbk
>>>>>
>>>>> Paul Sandoz wrote:
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is it possible to change the way GF v3 builds are zipped up so
>>>>>> that when you unzip it the contents are placed in a directory
>>>>>> with the build number?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Currently if i have downloaded say:
>>>>>> glassfish-v3-preview-b61.zip
>>>>>> http://download.java.net/glassfish/v3/promoted/glassfish-v3-preview-b61.zip
>>>>>> it will unzip into the directory "glassfishv3" and not into the
>>>>>> directory "glassfish-v3-preview-b61" as i would expect. Thus
>>>>>> before i unzip i have to create such a directory and place the
>>>>>> zip file in there, so i do not overwrite older builds of GF i
>>>>>> have obtained.
>>>>>> Paul.
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