For a tool intended for use by Java developers I think including the JRE is unnecessary. Although for consumer applications it is handy.
On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Michael Gentry <mgen...@masslight.net>wrote: > I noticed the bundling of the JRE, too. Pros and cons to that, I suppose. > I believe JavaFX is designed to bundle the JRE, too. This seems to be the > 'trend' for UIs from Sun/Oracle. > > > On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 1:55 PM, Andrus Adamchik <and...@objectstyle.org > >wrote: > > > Some random licensing comments. > > > > So Appbundler source is GPL-2.0 [1]. Which is ok for the build tool I > > guess, we are not releasing the tool, only our stuff built with it.. Now > > what about JRE? Not sure if there are precedents for Apache projects > > bundling a JRE in a distro. I guess we stay on the safe side and ship > > CayenneModeler.app without the JRE (it will be much smaller too this > way). > > > > Andrus > > > > > > [1] https://java.net/projects/appbundler > > > > Begin forwarded message: > > > > > From: "Andrus Adamchik (JIRA)" <j...@apache.org> > > > Subject: [jira] [Commented] (CAY-1881) CayenneModeler (Mac version) > > doesn't work with Java 7 > > > Date: November 8, 2013 at 9:08:17 PM GMT+3 > > > To: comm...@cayenne.apache.org > > > Reply-To: dev@cayenne.apache.org > > > > > > > > > [ > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CAY-1881?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13817525#comment-13817525 > ] > > > > > > Andrus Adamchik commented on CAY-1881: > > > -------------------------------------- > > > > > > I think we'll be able to fix that with relatively little pain. Oracle > OS > > X java preserved "com.apple.eawt" package. So I downloaded Appbundler > [1], > > created a small change in the Mac assembly [2], and assembled Modeler > with > > the following Ant script [3]. This produced clickable app that starts > with > > expected OS X look-and-feel and is otherwise indistinguishable from > Java 6 > > OS X modeler. I guess now we need to integrate this into the build > process. > > > > > > BTW, with " <runtime dir="${env.JAVA_HOME}" />" option we can include > > Java 7 runtime in the app... too bad the size of the app goes up from ~8 > to > > 148 MB (56MB when gzipped). So I guess we'll rely on users installing > their > > own JRE. > > > > > > [1] https://java.net/projects/appbundler/pages/Home > > > [2] diff --git a/modeler/cayenne-modeler-mac/pom.xml > > b/modeler/cayenne-modeler-mac/pom.xml > > > index d807151..40662e5 100644 > > > --- a/modeler/cayenne-modeler-mac/pom.xml > > > +++ b/modeler/cayenne-modeler-mac/pom.xml > > > @@ -85,9 +85,8 @@ > > > > > <longName>${project.version}</longName> > > > > <destDir>target/modeler</destDir> > > > > > <mainClass>org.apache.cayenne.modeler.osx.OSXMain</mainClass> > > > - > > <icon>src/japplication/resources/CayenneModeler.icns</icon> > > > - <os>mac</os> > > > - <jvm>1.5+</jvm> > > > + <os>java</os> > > > + <jvm>1.7+</jvm> > > > > <jvmOptions>-Xmx500m</jvmOptions> > > > </configuration> > > > <executions> > > > > > > [3] <project name="CayenneModelerBundler"> > > > <taskdef > > > name="bundleapp" > > > classname="com.oracle.appbundler.AppBundlerTask" > > > classpath="lib/appbundler-1.0.jar" /> > > > <property environment="env" /> > > > <target name="bundle"> > > > <bundleapp > > > outputdirectory="dist" > > > name="CayenneModeler" > > > displayname="CayenneModeler" > > > identifier="org.apache.cayenne" > > > mainclassname="org.apache.cayenne.modeler.osx.OSXMain" > > > > > > > icon="/Users/cayenne/work/cayenne/modeler/cayenne-modeler-mac/src/japplication/resources/CayenneModeler.icns"> > > > <runtime dir="${env.JAVA_HOME}" /> > > > <classpath > > > file="/Users/cayenne/work/cayenne/modeler/cayenne-modeler-mac/target/modeler/CayenneModeler.jar" > > /> > > > <option value="-Dapple.laf.useScreenMenuBar=true"/> > > > </bundleapp> > > > </target> > > > </project> > > > > > > > > >> CayenneModeler (Mac version) doesn't work with Java 7 > > >> ----------------------------------------------------- > > >> > > >> Key: CAY-1881 > > >> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CAY-1881 > > >> Project: Cayenne > > >> Issue Type: Bug > > >> Components: Modeler > > >> Affects Versions: 3.2M1 > > >> Environment: Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks > > >> Oracle Java jdk1.7.0_45 > > >> Reporter: D Tim Cummings > > >> Priority: Minor > > >> > > >> The Mac specific CayenneModeler 3.2M1 doesn't work when the only java > > on the Mac is jdk1.7.0_45. The symptom is it won't open. I tried > installing > > it again, but OS X Mavericks says CayenneModeler is damaged and gives me > > the option to delete it. The platform independent version of > CayenneModeler > > 3.2M1 works fine with jdk1.7.0_45. > > >> I can confirm that installing java 6 from Apple solved the problem. > > >> To prevent Java 6 from wanting to install, I had edited > > /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_45.jdk/Contents/Info.plist > > >> and replaced > > >> <key>JVMCapabilities</key> > > >> <array> > > >> <string>CommandLine</string> > > >> </array> > > >> with the following: > > >> <key>JVMCapabilities</key> > > >> <array> > > >> <string>JNI</string> > > >> <string>BundledApp</string> > > >> <string>WebStart</string> > > >> <string>Applets</string> > > >> <string>CommandLine</string> > > >> </array> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA > > > (v6.1#6144) > > > > > > > >
