I can give that a try. The previous email came off a little strong so I apologize if I implied that you had the answer. I wasn't expecting anyone to have figured it out. We're all in the brainstorming phase. I was throwing out the tarball/makefile combo as an idea. What I think erlang is missing in general is a packaging system like Ruby's gems or Python's eggs. The process-one guys have developed CEAN but it hasn't seemed to get a lot of traction yet.
--Kevin On Jan 1, 2008, at 8:42 PM, Simon Chappell wrote: > > The honest answer is that I don't know. We're still brainstorming > here. > > Why don't you try the tarball/makefile combo and we'll see if that > gets us to newbie ease of use. > > Simon > > On Jan 1, 2008 7:25 PM, Kevin A. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> What kind of package are we talking about? A tarball with some >> makefile magic to make the build/install easier? Or something more >> comprehensive? If it's a tarball and makefile combo, I'd be willing >> to >> put that together. >> >> --Kevin >> On Jan 1, 2008, at 4:20 PM, Simon Chappell wrote: >> >>> >>> I agree that compiling is simple, but it's still an extra step. How >>> hard would it be to create a new users package containing Yaws and >>> ErlyWeb? >>> >>> I suspect (no data to back this up, except my own experience and the >>> tone of various conversations that I've followed on the 'net) that >>> most potential new users are lost by projects over non-simple >>> installation and lack of good starter tutorials. >>> >>> I am trying to help with the document part, can any of you clever >>> folks out there create a Yaws/ErlyWeb combined package? Are there >>> other ways to ease the install? >>> >>> Simon >>> >>> >>> On Jan 1, 2008 1:47 PM, Kevin A. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> If that's the case, should we think about including yaws with >>>> erlyweb >>>> releases? Seems like that would help new people get over the hump. >>>> >>>> --Kevin >>>> >>>> On Jan 1, 2008, at 2:26 PM, David King wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Given the fact that ErlyWeb is compiled against a specific >>>>>> version of >>>>>> Yaws, it seems like it would be useful to record which versions >>>>>> of >>>>>> it's dependencies each release needs. >>>>> >>>>> You might be better off just compiling it (it's pretty simple) >>>>> than >>>>> trying to track all of that >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> simonpeter.org | simonpeter.com | newlife-upc.org | >>> wisconsindistrictnews.org >>> >>>> >> >> >> >>> >> > > > > -- > simonpeter.org | simonpeter.com | newlife-upc.org | > wisconsindistrictnews.org > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "erlyweb" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/erlyweb?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
