Actually, I think there's TOO MUCH documentation. It's a bit
overwhelming. It turns out that configuration is very simple, but
discovering that fact was not easy.
I think a post-install-configure script would be better than more
documentation. It would certainly reduce mailing list traffic. In
each configuration file, you could turn the comments into questions,
and add the appropriate checking. For example:
##
## You should set the foobar.path to a foobar directory
foobar.path=/home/user/foobar
Would become (please forgive my rusty perl):
while()
{ print "Please specify the path to your foobar directory: ";
$foobar = <STDIN>;
chomp( $foobar );
if( ! -d $foobar )
{ print "Sorry, $foobar doesn't exist!\n";
}
else
{ print "Using '$foobar' as your foobar directory.";
last;
}
}
I've been toying with the idea of doing this for JServ, but I'm really
short on time and I'm not confident that I know JServ well enough to
produce an accurate script. I'm new to Turbine so I'm certainly not
ready to do one for Turbine.
-- Travis Low
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Brevsville Administrator wrote:
>
> Excuse me if I am talking out of turn, but I am a fan of Apache and a fan
> of JServ, but myself and my colleagues found Turbine a bitch to get
> running.
>
> This is not a criticism of Turbine, but rather the fact that there are
> differing marketplaces for such products and one is not being addressed.
> As an example, I was recently asked which servlet runner to use by a
> moderately experienced part time programmer. As much as I like JServ I
> just couldn't recommend it as it is much more complex to configure that
> JavaWebserver.
>
> Now don't assume for one second I am a fan of JWS (we used it for 2
> years), JServ and it simply do not compare.. for so many reasons. My
> point is that as good as all the Apache products are, there is a real need
> for ABC instructions for getting a very basic install running.
>
> Before everyone flames me, I know many of you will say "how simple can the
> instructions get!!" a quick read of the java.apache archives show a large
> group of users who may be forever lost to apache since they cannot follow
> the current docs. That is not a criticism of the current documenters, but
> i do think there is a void not being filled for inexperienced programmers.
>
> Anyway , I just wanted to express my views, for what they are worth, and
> presently I am trying to find some time to put some totally dumb setup
> instructions for JServ on Win32 and then Linux. Then you can flame me for
> the poor job I maybe do.
>
> Anyway .. that's my 2c.. q flames..
>
> Chris
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