On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 12:03 PM, Charles Bacon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tom - is this really quickstart suitable? Things like "implementing a > prototype of the first half of this", "in the interim it may be possible > to", and "messy" makes it sound like I need to wait for a number of people > to finish cleaning it up before I make it the method of choice.
You're right, Charles, this is not ready for prime time and may not be ready for some time. I don't disagree that the MyProxy Online CA is perhaps best for full GT, but that right there is a significant hurdle. If you really want to open up GT to a wide range of deployers, you need to relax the startup requirements considerably. (If a 60-min F2F intro to GT is dominated by 45 mins of gory GSI specifics, something's wrong IMO.) One approach is to build a quick start around Core (Java or C). The quick start we are developing, for example, requires JWS Core plus a plugin, which runs anywhere Java runs. Deployer start-up time is significantly reduced in this environment. (So is functionality, you say, but that might be perceived as a Good Think by newbies.) By lowering the barriers for first-time deployers, more people can play the game, which benefits everybody. My two-cents worth, anyway. Tom
