Hi, I would point out a few things: - If you can't navigate from the jakarta.apache.org web site to the JK download links (either source or binary), and must resort to Googling for the download links, you probably shouldn't be installing and configuring the connectors (or Tomcat, or Apache httpd) in the first place ;) It's pretty simple to click on either the "Binaries" or "Source" code links under the "Downloads" header on the left-hand side of jakarta.apache.org, and then scroll down the page for whatever product you want. If you don't feel like reading the page or scrolling down, you can use ctrl+f to find "mod_jk" right away, no problem.
- I get completely different Google results from what you report when I search for mod_jk, with a number of how-to pages coming first. - If you don't have time to contribute any patches or enhancements, you can definitely bitch and gripe but you can't expect anyone to care. All of us also have jobs and don't get paid for making your life easier. We'd love to evaluate and integrate any improvements you can come up with, but naturally connector documentation has never been an area of high interest to most tomcat developers. Moreover, as Tomcat as maturing the importance of the connectors in general is going down IMHO, with more and more standalone installations. Yoav Shapira Millennium Research Informatics >-----Original Message----- >From: Greg Ward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 9:27 AM >To: Tomcat Users List >Subject: Re: Why is Tomcat/Connector Installation So Incredibly Painful?? > >On 03 September 2004, Peter Alvin said: >> But why is it so >> incredibly painful to install Apache/Tomcat/Connector? It always >> takes me about two days. I look forward to it as much as doing my >> federal tax returns. > >I'm in complete agreement with you. Even finding the right files to >download is a bit of a chore. ("OK, so everyone says I need mod_jk. >Therefore I'm looking for a file called... >jakarta-tomcat-connectors-jk-1.2.6-src.tar.gz. Riiiight. Well, at >least they have two letters in common.) > >Here's an interesting experiment: google'ing for "mod_jk" finds this >page: > http://jakarta.apache.org/site/binindex.cgi >as the second hit. But the string "mod_jk" occurs nowhere in that page; >you have to hunt around until you realize that what you're really >looking for is "Tomcat Web Server Connectors". And then you only get to >the "binary releases" page, which is useless -- I need the source, >dammit! > >Oh, the *first* Google hit for "mod_jk" is > http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-3.3-doc/mod_jk-howto.html >which I think most people who are working with Tomcat 4.1.x or 5.0.x >would probably ignore based on the URL. > >Anyways, once you've downloaded the source (which I've already forgotten >how to do -- luckily I kept a local copy), you then have to figure out >*what* to build in that tree and where to find it. Not obvious. And >it's different from mod_jk to mod_jk2. And then getting things to build >is even less obvious. > >Alas, I don't have time to do anything more than bitch and gripe. >Whoever is actually maintaining mod_jk, mod_jk2, and associated web >pages, please hear our cries! > > Greg > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential business communication, and may contain information that is confidential, proprietary and/or privileged. This e-mail is intended only for the individual(s) to whom it is addressed, and may not be saved, copied, printed, disclosed or used by anyone else. If you are not the(an) intended recipient, please immediately delete this e-mail from your computer system and notify the sender. Thank you. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
