Hmm... I notice that only zip distributions are made available with other eclipse plugin releases (like WTP, etc) too. May be we should stick to only zip files. Thanks Donald.
++Vamsi On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 6:59 PM, Donald Woods <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We need them in our server releases to properly preserve the > directory/file attributes, keep the scripts marked as executable and to keep > line endings on text files correct for Unix/Linux. > > > -Donald > > > Vamsavardhana Reddy wrote: > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 6:32 PM, Donald Woods <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > > Not sure how creating a tar.gz makes it easier, given unzip is > > provided with most Linux distros (like RHEL, Fedora, SLED/SELS, > > openSUSE, ....), on MacOSX and most Unix distros (though maybe as > > an optional package, like on AIX.) > > > > Makes me wonder why we have tar.gz distributions in our server > > releases!! > > > > ++Vamsi > > > > > > > > I'd prefer staying with zipfiles only. > > > > > > -Donald > > > > Vamsavardhana Reddy wrote: > > > > Hi Tim, > > > > We should at least have a tar.gz distribution corresponding to > > geronimo-eclipse-plugin-xxx-deployable.zip so that it is easy > > for linux users who want to do a manual installation of GEP. > > > > ++Vamsi > > > > On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 6:57 PM, Tim McConnell > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> > > wrote: > > > > Hi Vamsi, I've opened a new feature JIRA to determine if it > > makes > > sense to actually release a tar.gz artifact. As far as I > > know, the > > Eclipse update sites only handle zipfiles, so I'm not > > comfortable at > > this time releasing a tar.gz artifact for GEP 2.1.0. > > <http://2.1.0.> <http://2.1.0.> > > > > > > However, we shall determine the implications for the next GEP > > release, and if reasonable will do so. Thanks for the > > suggestion > > > > -----> > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMODEVTOOLS-335 > > > > > > > > Vamsavardhana Reddy wrote: > > > > To add on, I would love to see these tar.gz distributions > > in GEP > > 2.1.0 release itself if adding these does not amount to a > > lot of > > work. > > > > ++Vamsi > > > > On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 9:46 AM, Vamsavardhana Reddy > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>>> > > wrote: > > > > I don't remember if I had brought this up earlier, but > > wanted > > to... Should we also include tar.gz distributions in > > our > > Geronimo Eclipse > > Plugin releases? > > > > ++Vamsi > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 8:07 AM, Tim McConnell > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>>> > > > > wrote: > > > > Discussion thread for the Geronimo Eclipse Plugin > > 2.1.0 (RC1) > > Release vote..... > > > > > > > > > > -- Thanks, > > Tim McConnell > > > > > > > >
