----- Original Message ----- From: "Costin Manolache" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 12:38 PM Subject: Re: Fedora "tomcat"
> Remy Maucherat wrote: > >> > >> Finally - am I overreacting, are other people seeing this as a real > >> issue, or should we just ignore the problem like apache does ? > > Apache HTTPd doesn't ignore the problem: When I type './configure --layout=RedHat' it compiles everything nicely configured into the proper location :-). > > > > I would answer no, as the stability issue is a big problem (the HTTPd > > doesn't have that issue; why is the worst left to us ? :/). The > > directory layout is a less critical issue. > > (we can't do the last point: the license allows basically anything) > > I disagree - there are a lot of things we can do: > - warn the users on web, readme, release notes, startup messages > - provide RPMs with the right layout, or at least define what it should > be ( right now this is left completely undefined ) Thank you for volunteering to maintain the RPMs :). Prior to jPackage, Henri was pretty much the only person interested in doing the work to maintain these. After he moved his time to jPackage, the result was that I WONTFIXed a bunch of RPM related bugs for the 3.3.2 release. > > The layout on linux is going to become a critical issue when more > distributions start including tomcat, each in its own form. Or when > users of fedora start using the bundled tomcat and nobody will know > where the files should be placed. Remember all the issues with the > xerces versions and endorsed dirs. > > Ignoring the problem (like most OS apps do) is not going to solve it, > anyone who has used more than 1 linux variant can confirm this. > > > Costin > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
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