At 09:37 AM 10/7/2004 -0400, you wrote: > >Hi, >Looking at the left-overs from my 5.5.3 build directory, it could be >that I had a misconfigured build that resulted in the tomcat5.exe and >tomcat5w.exe missing from the .zip. I'll have to double-check, but it >could be that what I said below is wrong in practice (though still >correct in spirit). So I guess hold on for 5.5.4 is the message anyhow >;) >
Hmm... I avoid the .exe installer like the plague. I like being able to simply extract Tomcat to a directory and run it. I want to have full control over what it does to my system. I don't want a .exe installer adding registry entries behind my back. The .zip file is fine as it is. I understand leaving out xercesImpl.jar and xml-apis.jar since the JDK comes with an XML parser. That's fine. But the JDK doesn't come with tomcat5.exe and tomcat5w.exe. I can see the .tar.gz distribution not containing those two files since it is more meant for non-windows boxes. But the .zip dist is meant for windows boxes and I will never, ever, use the .exe installer. I don't see the benefit in removing the .exe files. Why worry about dist file size when bandwidth is getting cheaper and cheaper by the day? Ok, if this saved 10 meg, I could see it, but this is hardly worth worrying about. Please leave them in the .zip distribution for 5.5.4 and beyond.
thanks,
Jake
>Yoav Shapira >Millennium Research Informatics > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Shapira, Yoav >>Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 8:27 AM >>To: Tomcat Users List >>Subject: RE: [ANN] Apache Jakarta Tomcat 5.5.3-alpha Released >> >> >>Hi, >> >>>The tomcat5.exe and tomcat5w.exe seem to be missing from 5.5.3. They >>exist >>>in >>>5.5.2. Might need to release 5.5.4. >> >>These are present in the .exe download only, by design. One of our >>goals with 5.5 is to reduce download size, and while these two files by >>themselves aren't much, overall we've made great progress in this area. >>We also hope to make it easier for new users by not including a ton of >>stuff they don't necessarily need. >> >>Regardless, 5.5.4 will be coming fairly soon, and even sooner (most >>likely today) will come a one-class, non-essential hotfix to 5.5.3. >> >>Yoav >> >> >> >> >> >>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] > > > > >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]
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