On Saturday 18 October 2003 22:42, Farr, Aaron wrote: > Da Jia Hao! > > In the process of getting one of our current projects based on merlin > cleaned up for production use, I started generating a little wish list. > Thought it might be nice to share: > > MMWL: My Merlin Wish List > > Extensions > Integrated JMX Support > 'exporter' for easy AltRMI exporting
agree > Tools + Utilities > Nifty GUI tool for assembly process (some IDE plugin?) thinking about eclipse? (I'll be happy to see if I can do something here) how would see the stuff? > Merlin Windows installer (installs Merlin Platform) > Linux daemon scripts you mean init.d runlevel script? merlin has already a start/stop script that could be called from a trivial script (if you need one of there I can provide it, but I guess it will be hard to setup an universal script) > Legacy Support > Easy Fortress migration process (even docs would be nice) > Support for dropping .sars into a location like Phoenix > Service Discovery Service > (support for ServiceManager lookup schemes) > Support for excalibur utilities like logging > and instrumentation > > Embeddable Merlin containers > servlets you mean tomcat/jerry running as a merlin service OR merlin running as a tomcat/jetty war? ;) > swing apps > > Documentation > Tutorials (existing ones decent, just want more) Is there a wiki somewhere? > "Best Practices" documentation on things like > deploying components, naming, use of extensions, etc. > > ---- > > I'm sure I'll think of a few more as soon as I send off this email. Of the > above, I've started on a windows installer, the exporter and a service > discover service. great! > One thing I'm really looking for is an easy way to install and manage > applications. My super Merlin Management tool would do things like: > > - modify kernel configuration > - allow installation of blocks from a repository > - manage existing installed blocks (editing configuration, etc.) > - select which apps are running as services vs standalone > - create shortcuts and launch scripts > - update merlin kernel itself (the bootstrapper) > - create installable "images" of a merlin app > > One of the biggest reasons I want something like this is that it would help > standardize the installation/deployment process. There's been talk of > doing something like this (usually aimed more at a development tool rather > than deployment). Has anyone actually started some code? I know the > initial idea is usually a set of Eclipse plug-ins, but I'm not very Eclipse > savvy. Eclipse seems to have a nice plugin orianted approach with tons of example everywhere. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
