Hi Micheal, I hadn't heard of snaps (or used Ubuntu much) but the concept seems interesting to me. Would you be able to send me links to what you have so far so I can check it out? I have a few questions, but I'll reserve those until I get a chance to review what you have.
Thanks! On Sep 14, 2016 3:51 PM, "Michael Hall" <mhall...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Ubuntu has developed a new platform for deploying applications using > bundled packages called "snaps". These make it easier to deploy and > update on Ubuntu independently of it's release cycle (and on non-Ubuntu > distros too for that matter). I would like to make Tomcat available in > this format so it can be more easily used on lightweight cloud instances > or devices like the Raspberry Pi. > > I have a working example of Tomcat as a snap, and it works really well > with a separate read-only CATALINE_HOME and a writable, versioned > CATALINA_BASE that will allow for atomic updates and rollbacks without > breaking application data, and it's very easy to use. > > The next step is to contribute this to upstream, where it can be > improved (I've only scratched the surface of what can be done with it) > and integrated with the CI system so that snap package can be > automatically created and uploaded for testers and users. This is where > I need help from somebody on this list, so please let me know if you are > interested and I will provide you the packaging files (there are only 2) > and a working binary package if you want to give it a try. > > Thanks. > > -- > Michael Hall > mhall...@ubuntu.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@tomcat.apache.org > >
