But if it is difficult to change between the two options it would be even more difficult to choose the one to start with.
Heinz On 11/6/05, Joe Bohn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think that until we have the "ideal" solution we will just be > confusing our users and causing them grief. > > While the "change on the fly" option is great for developers (esp. > developers of Geronimo itself :-) ), it isn't so good for the typical > user. Users who are using Geronimo to host their business applications > won't understand why "jetty" appears in the list of configurations when > I installed a "tomcat" only server. > > It also provides enough rope for some users to hang themselves ... > changing from one server to the other only to discover that they web > apps they had previously deployed are no longer functional. > > Joe > > Heinz Drews wrote: > > I would see the "mininum" as the ideal solution and the other as a > > less preferrable. > > Assuming that somebody starts with using Jetty and then finding that > > Tomcat would have been the bettter choice it would be easier just to > > change the configuration than to perform a complete re-install. > > > > Just as a not counting opinion. > > > > Best regards, > > Heinz > > > > On 11/5/05, Aaron Mulder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>I agree completely (your ideal is also my ideal, and your minimum is > >>my preferred "worst case" as well). > >> > >>WRT the documentation, there are really no noticable differences > >>between Tomcat and Jetty until you get far beyond the level of > >>documentation we include in a release, so I don't think this will be a > >>big issue. > >> > >>Thanks, > >> Aaron > >> > >>On 11/4/05, Dain Sundstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>>With Geronimo 1.0 quickly approaching, I think we should talk about > >>>how we would like to package the binaries for release. This has > >>>downstream impact on tck testing, and since I'm working on the TCK > >>>build right now, I'd like to know what we are going to need to test. > >>>So to get the discussion going, this is what I think would be ideal > >>>and what we need at the minimum: > >>> > >>>Ideal: > >>>geronimo-installer: The user can choose between Tomcat and Jetty. > >>>Only the resources for the web server they choose are installed. > >>>geronimo-tomcat.(zip | tgz): Contains a Tomcat only version of > >>>Geronimo with no Jetty resources. > >>>geronimo-jetty.(zip | tgz): Contains a Jetty only version of > >>>Geronimo with no unnecessary Tomcat resources. > >>> > >>>Minimum: > >>>geronimo-installer: The user can choose between Tomcat and Jetty. > >>>Resources are installed for both, and the installer just sets the > >>>chosen web server to boot by default. > >>>geronimo-tomcat.(zip | tgz): Contains a full image of Geronimo with > >>>both Tomcat and Jetty resources, but only Tomcat will start by default. > >>>geronimo-jetty.(zip | tgz): Contains a full image of Geronimo with > >>>both Tomcat and Jetty resources, but only Jetty will start by default. > >>> > >>>What do you think? > >>> > >>>-dain > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > > > > >
