On Aug 29, 2009, at 10:08 AM, Alexis Moussine-Pouchkine wrote:
> 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.
Right, and lets correctly name it such that consumers of the archive
don't have to do something extra to avoid merging with a previous
unzipped version e.g. often desktops have a useful feature to download
and unzip, but i cannot use this feature as i do not want to overwrite
the previous version.
Paul.
> -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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