> -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen McConnell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 6:27 PM > To: Avalon Dev > Subject: [merlin] seperate system and user repositories > > > After digging around with the PhoenixJMS block and looking at some of > the things that people are doing, I'm comming to the conclusion that we > should seperate the local repository used by merlin during bootstrap > from the local repository we use for the client. > > The reasons are: > > (a) that it is really easy to screw up the merlin installation > if a client copies content into the repository that overrides > merlin jars > > (b) if the system and client repositories are seperate, then > system updates become more predictable (we can just delete > the repostory and add the new one) > > The ability to do this is actually already in place in the code as this > is what happens when you use the -system command option. All that would > be needed is for the the default system repository to point to something > different such as "%MERLIN_HOME%\system" while the user repository would > continue to point to "%MERLIN_HOME%\repository". > > Thoughts? > > Steve. >
+1 J. Aaron Farr SONY ELECTRONICS DDP-CIM (724) 696-7653 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
