Please see inline ... Lloyd Chambers wrote: > Responses below. > > On Dec 1, 2009, at 8:51 AM, Mark Martin wrote >> For this afternoon's discussion -- apologies for the late delivery... >> >> >> mm0 >> How does upgrading via Update Center impact IPS? Will the IPS >> information/registration be upgraded as well? >> > > This I don't know the answer to, but Jerome should. > > Upgrading via update center updates package installation database (I assume you mean that when you say IPS information/registration. >> mm1 >> Section 4.1 in the file layout spec indicates that alternative >> package layouts will possibly alter the layout structure. Is the file >> layout is really that flexible? Also, the move of many dirs to "top >> level" was to allow independent upgrades of those components via >> Update Center 2? >> > > Jerome should answer this, there can be variants (such as embedded). > > We do expect all of glassfish to be under the same directory. All the external components used by glassfish are used from configurable locations. So, with right configuration, file layout is flexible. For glassfish, the location of user data (domains directory) is configurable so it can be at a different location from application server.
For the second part, the move was to allow reuse of IPS packages created by other component teams. >> mm2 >> Which version of JDK dependency?' >> > > Imported interfaces table states 1.6. > > >> mm3 >> What is <INSTALL_DIR>? >> > > Good question. Since I don't run Solaris, I'm not clear on this. > > <INSTALL_DIR> is wherever glassfish is installed. It defaults to $HOME/glassfishv3 on Unix platforms and C:\Sun\glassfishv3 when using installer. When using zip file, there is no default and it is wherever the user uncompressed the zip file. >> mm4 >> How are multiple versions installed? >> > > This would need a zip based install. No conflict with V2 if package based. > > >> mm5 >> Note: There are a lot of middleware (jars) here that are also >> separate products. Should we note that Glassfish is allowed this >> because of its nature as an APP Server? >> > > Yes, I think so. V3 is OSGI-based and its form and shape are malleable > post-ship as well. > > > > Lloyd Chambers > lloyd.chambers at sun.com > GlassFish Team > > > > >
