RE: [jira] [Created] (FLEX-33440) Make AIR optional

2013-03-21 Thread Kessler CTR Mark J
From: Justin Mclean [mailto:jus...@classsoftware.com] Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 1:02 AM To: dev@flex.apache.org Subject: Re: [jira] [Created] (FLEX-33440) Make AIR optional Oddly enough there's people out there that still only make web based application.

Re: [jira] [Created] (FLEX-33440) Make AIR optional

2013-03-20 Thread Alex Harui
On 3/20/13 10:37 PM, "Justin Mclean" wrote: >> Those scripts Justin wrote don't really have a windows equivalent. > They would be fairly simple to port to bat scripts. Anyone on windows want to > give it a go? I thought the problem with .bat (and the reason we wrote this installer) is because w

Re: [jira] [Created] (FLEX-33440) Make AIR optional

2013-03-20 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, > Bonus points if the installer can be re-run later to add in any version of > AIR SDK so folks don't get it wrong. Currently it needs an empty directory, would be nice if it could run in update mode for example if you decided you needed one of the optional bits. > Those scripts Justin wro

Re: [jira] [Created] (FLEX-33440) Make AIR optional

2013-03-20 Thread Alex Harui
Bonus points if the installer can be re-run later to add in any version of AIR SDK so folks don't get it wrong. Those scripts Justin wrote don't really have a windows equivalent. On 3/20/13 9:57 PM, "Om" wrote: > On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 9:44 PM, Justin Mclean > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >>> I am no

Re: [jira] [Created] (FLEX-33440) Make AIR optional

2013-03-20 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, > Where folks overlay the wrong version of the AIR > sdk manually and it breaks everything. If they use the installer or the scripts in the ide directory there should be no issues. If they do it manually there always a chance it will break. > Moreover, having the AIR SDK allows folks to qui

Re: [jira] [Created] (FLEX-33440) Make AIR optional

2013-03-20 Thread Om
On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 9:44 PM, Justin Mclean wrote: > Hi, > > > I am not sure if this is a good idea. If we dont do it by default during > > the install, there is a good chance that folks will download the wrong > > version of the AIR SDK which would break a lot of functionality. > > Just make

Re: [jira] [Created] (FLEX-33440) Make AIR optional

2013-03-20 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, > I am not sure if this is a good idea. If we dont do it by default during > the install, there is a good chance that folks will download the wrong > version of the AIR SDK which would break a lot of functionality. Just make the licence checkbox optional is all I think is required and perhap

Re: [jira] [Created] (FLEX-33440) Make AIR optional

2013-03-20 Thread Om
I am not sure if this is a good idea. If we dont do it by default during the install, there is a good chance that folks will download the wrong version of the AIR SDK which would break a lot of functionality. What is the concern if AIR is also downloaded? Thanks, Om On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 5:17

[jira] [Created] (FLEX-33440) Make AIR optional

2013-03-20 Thread Justin Mclean (JIRA)
Justin Mclean created FLEX-33440: Summary: Make AIR optional Key: FLEX-33440 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLEX-33440 Project: Apache Flex Issue Type: Bug Components: I