How do you suggest we serve the users that want to merge the new bits
over a previous install?
vbk
On 08/31/09 00:53, Paul Sandoz wrote:
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> On Aug 29, 2009, at 10:08 AM, Alexis Moussine-Pouchkine wrote:
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>> 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:
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>>> 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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