P.S. Is there another way to download Hackystat besided the 116 MB zip? I'd really just like to get a (smaller) binary WAR and drop it in Tomcat, or a standalone Tomcat bundle that just looks like its own server that I can fire up without any setup. That'd make it easier to upgrade. I'd just have to drop the WAR in, re-copy my configs, and I'd be done. I still haven't updated to 6.2 yet since I always have to find the instructions on how to make the Ant calls. I'm really interested in getting the Review stuff and updated Telemetry going, though, so it'll be soon.
At this point, I'm somewhat nervous about providing (and documenting, and debugging new user questions concerning) a third approach to server distribution (besides the CVS modules and the (admittedly large) .zip file).
On the other hand, I have definitely been remiss in not providing stand-alone documentation on how to do a server upgrade. I've just written a short one pager called "Server Upgrade Instuctions" that's now available from the hackystat developer services home page at
<http://www.hackystat.org/>
as Chapter 9 of the "Build System Guide", as well as directly from the following link:
<http://www.hackystat.org/hackyDevSite/hackyBuild/README.9.html>
Please take a look at it and let me know if this lowers the barrier to upgrades enough for you. I agree that downloading a 116MB zip is a drag, but what I'm hoping is that once you've done this, the remaining parts go very quickly and reliably with the addition of these instructions.
Cheers, Philip
