Create packages for linux distros and solaris. Written by one of the creators of Maven.
http://mojo.codehaus.org/unix/ Regards, Erlend On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 5:00 PM, Mark Fortner <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Fabrizio, > I've also written Java desktop apps in the past, and it seems to me that > the main thing holding back a lot of Java developers from releasing on Linux > is that there doesn't seem to be an easy way to create the packages needed > by different distros. It would be useful to have an Ant plugin, or Maven > goal that would create an RPM or deb file for your project (and hopefully > upload it to the appropriate repository). > > Maybe the Java app store will be the solution to dealing with the different > packaging formats, and we'll be able to use webstart to distribute > everywhere. > > Regards, > > Mark Fortner > > On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 6:40 AM, Fabrizio Giudici < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Dick Wall wrote: >> > Hi Fabrizio >> > >> > This is more like the kind of critique the space needs. I had not >> > considered the continuing difficulties with OpenJDK's incompatible >> > modules but it makes sense that this would be a high friction issue. I >> > wonder if we might be able to get you to come on and talk about this >> > on the show and what might be done? Certainly if this issue is a >> > technical barrier to more java desktop applications being written on >> > Linux, we should definitely shine a light on the problems. It's high >> > time we talked about BlueMarine in more depth anyway, and I think with >> > the angle of the issues of porting such an application to OpenJDK, it >> > should be a very interesting interview. >> > >> > Let me know if you are interested. Thanks. >> > >> Interested. I wonder whether we can schedule this for mid September. I'm >> leaving for holidays in August, and my holidays are just a way to work >> more relaxed in the countryside :-) During August I'd like to set up the >> EC2 testing on multiple virtualized Linux targets, and I think the talk >> can be more interesting if we deal with the problem and how it has been >> (hopefully) resolved. >> >> -- >> Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager >> Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." >> weblogs.java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici - www.tidalwave.it/blog >> [email protected] - mobile: +39 348.150.6941 >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Mark Fortner > > blog: http://feeds.feedburner.com/jroller/ideafactory > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" 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/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
