For what it worths, I totally agree :) I've been looking for ages for a Java solution that allows sharing libraries in applications and the Appassembler ATM makes me satisfied :)
best, -Simo http://people.apache.org/~simonetripodi/ http://simonetripodi.livejournal.com/ http://twitter.com/simonetripodi http://www.99soft.org/ On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 9:05 PM, Brett Porter <br...@apache.org> wrote: > As Wayne suggested, you can use Maven to assemble and distribute an > application. > > For a runtime, using a maven repository makes a lot of sense. I wouldn't use > Maven itself for this, but Maven's libraries for interacting with a > repository. > > This is being used in lots of other applications, for example: > http://karaf.apache.org/manual/latest-2.2.x/users-guide/provisioning.html > > - Brett > > On 22/12/2011, at 1:28 AM, Deepesh Garg wrote: > >> Hi, >> I was wondering if maven repository structure can be exploited to also >> distribute java applications. Same repository structure may be used on >> client side for installing and launching java apps. I see many benefit in >> doing so (cleaner application packaging, minimum download, standard >> directory structure, simple upgrade (much like Debian)). >> Are there any good reasons why maven should not be used as application >> installer and launcher? Or is it already done and I slept a bit too much. >> >> Deepesh > > -- > Brett Porter > br...@apache.org > http://brettporter.wordpress.com/ > http://au.linkedin.com/in/brettporter > http://twitter.com/brettporter > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org
