On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 2:08 AM, Martin Gajdos<[email protected]> wrote:
> Please also take a look at these features from the BitRock product:
>
> - Automatically detect existing Java installations in the user's system.
Very nice...
> - Easily bundle a JVM with your application.
Also very nice, since we could even have an openjdk7 JRuby package
that supports all the cool new invokedynamic stuff at some point.
> - Crossplatform Build Support : The installer builder tool can run on
> Windows, Mac OS X, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, IRIX, and Linux
> (Intel x86/x64, Itanium, s390, PPC) and generate installers for all target
> platforms from a single project file. Create all your installers from a
> single build environment!
Can we build the installers on our own? We need to be able to do that
at release time.
> - Desktop Integration: BitRock installers provide native look and feel and
> desktop integration for Windows, KDE and Gnome.
> - Rollback Functionality: By default, BitRock installers perform a backup
> of all the files overwritten during installation, so if an error occurs, the
> system can be automatically recovered to its previous state.
> - RPM and DEB generation: In addition to creating native executables that
> can register with the RPM subsystem, InstallBuilder can generate RPM and
> Debian packages that can be installed using native package management tools.
> - Auto-Update Functionality: InstallBuilder 6.0 includes an automatic update
> feature that enables you to deliver updates directly to your users. By
> providing regular updates to users, you'll keep them running your best
> available version, resulting in increased customer satisfaction and reduced
> support costs.
> - Crossplatform Build Support : The installer builder tool can run on
> Windows, Mac OS X, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, IRIX, and Linux
> (Intel x86/x64, Itanium, s390, PPC) and generate installers for all target
> platforms from a single project file. Create all your installers from a
> single build environment!
All of this sounds perfect.
- Charlie
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