Why not have one distribution of Tomcat but with an ant installer
with different targets. The ant installer builds a layout of files
for running tomcat based on the target.
Then we only have one download (perhaps large) but with a variety
of different installs.
Some of the options could grab any distributions not included with
the tomcat dist from remote sites.
Some possible targets...
soap-server
servlet
servlet-jsp
standalone
And many others. Perhaps with options to update an existing install.
Regards,
Glenn
Costin Manolache wrote:
Henri Gomez wrote:
Yes but add the ability to activate/include modules, which is
the Costin idea ;)
Actually - I think it is your idea :-) ( well, now it makes a lot
of sense - I'm in "how didn't I think of it" mode ).
That means I will drop my minimal proposal, or at least rewrite
it to be one "profile" in the normal distribution. Remy's arguments
are also very valid.
I think we can focus on 4 profiles:
- JSR154 only
- minimal ( JSR154 + JSR152 )
- default ( the current set of features )
- all
The main technical problem is the class loader - we probably need
to place most jars in a "repository" - but not in the loader - and use the
manifest or config files to pick what we need. Again, the jmx
model may help us. ( jboss solution is to just copy the files
- which does makes sense in a way )
Jon - would that be reasonable middle-ground for you ? It gives you
a JSR154-only profile, included in the "main" distribution. The downside
is that jasper will still be included ( disabled and invisible in your
profile - visible in all others ).
Costin
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