On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 07:08:54PM -0700, Ian Clarke wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 18, 2003 at 12:35:42PM +1200, David McNab wrote:
> > On Thu, 2003-09-18 at 11:17, Ian Clarke wrote:
> > > * Migrate to a more powerful template engine such as FreeMarker 
> > > (http://freemarker.sf.net/).
> > > 
> > > I have been using FreeMarker on another project and it is indeed very 
> > > powerful, but it would add almost 2MB to Freenet's size.
> > 
> > Could freemarker be gutted down to the bare essentials? 
> 
> Probably not without destroying the very flexibility that makes it so 
> attractive.
> 
> > Another idea - not new - for the Windows releases, include one with a
> > JVM built in as the *default*, with the option to download a JVM-free
> > version for people who already have an adequate JVM installed and
> > running. Sun allows free redistribution of the JVM as long as a minimal
> > fileset is preserved. Lots of apps do this.
> 
> This is what we did before someone decided that we were violating
[snip]

In fact, rereading your comment, what we had before was even better 
than your suggestion - the installer would detect whether the user 
needed a JVM and only download it if they did.

Ian.

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Ian Clarke                                                  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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