OFBiz is easy to install: ant run-install so I don't personally see the need to increase the download size by precompiling it.
The issue as I see it are that the post-download instructions are incorrect. If the instructions are part of the distribution then the only way we can fix it is by creating a new minor release. Regards Scott HotWax Media http://www.hotwaxmedia.com On 26/08/2010, at 8:45 AM, Ruth Hoffman wrote: > Hi Adrian: > > In spite of your opinion to the contrary, this question was never answered to > my satisfaction on this list, the dev list or anywhere else. > > Thanks for your help, however. > > Regards, > Ruth > > Adrian Crum wrote: >> Ruth, >> >> All of your questions can be answered by searching the dev mailing list. >> There is no need to repeat it all here. >> >> -Adrian >> >> On 8/25/2010 1:23 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote: >>> Hi Jacques, >>> >>> Now that you've brought up the topic, I wonder why most of the other ASF >>> projects provide jar files with their distributions? In fact, most >>> others provide jar (or other binary) files as the primary and first >>> download link that you find when navigating to the project's ASF website. >>> >>> Just curious as to how someone here came up with the current >>> interpretation of the ASF rules on releases and then went ahead and >>> organized the "official" download page as it stands today. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Ruth >>> >>> Jacques Le Roux wrote: >>>> To be more clear, it's induced by ASF rules on releases >>>> >>>> Jacques >>>> >>>> From: "Jacques Le Roux" <[email protected]> >>>>> Thanks for your support BJ! >>>>> >>>>> Jacques >>>>> >>>>> From: "BJ Freeman" <[email protected]> >>>>>> the reason the nightly builds were hidden is for the very reason you >>>>>> express, they are for testing and debugging not for official release. >>>>>> I gave you the link to them. I use them for the demo-trunk that I >>>>>> support. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Ruth Hoffman sent the following on 8/25/2010 9:57 AM: >>>>>>> Hi BJ: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Perhaps, but as recently as 4 months ago - one could go to the >>>>>>> "official" download page and get a build already packaged with the jar >>>>>>> files and the seed data loaded. (Personally, I don't care what that >>>>>>> build was called. It existed and was easy to find by following the >>>>>>> download links). I wrote extensively about it for some time. Then, one >>>>>>> day, I went to the "official" download site and lo-and-behold - things >>>>>>> had changed. Too bad because the fact that stuff was already packaged >>>>>>> and ready to go was a great selling point. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> All I can say is that if I was a little surprised at the turn of >>>>>>> events, >>>>>>> I can only imagine what potential users without much exposure to how >>>>>>> things are done here, would think. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Anyhow, it doesn't really matter. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>> Ruth >>>>>>> BJ Freeman wrote: >>>>>>>> Ruth I think your confusing the Nightly builds >>>>>>>> http://ci.apache.org/projects/ofbiz/snapshots/ofbiz-rel9.04-current.zip >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> with the Final Release(apache-ofbiz-09.04.zip) >>>>>>>> http://ofbiz.apache.org/download.html#release-09.04 . >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> the Final release has not changed it format. it is the code minus all >>>>>>>> the svn tags for versioning. it also has a check sum to validate you >>>>>>>> downloaded the full zip file. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> up till the final release of 9.04(zip) there were only the branch and >>>>>>>> nigthly builds. >>>>>>>> The Branch is source code only and access via the svn. >>>>>>>> the nightly builds are compiled and have the demo data loaded. >>>>>>>> http://ci.apache.org/projects/ofbiz/snapshots/ >>>>>>>> as you can see you can pick dates of nightly builds. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> ========================= >>>>>>>> BJ Freeman <http://bjfreeman.elance.com> >>>>>>>> Strategic Power Office with Supplier Automation >>>>>>>> <http://www.businessesnetwork.com/automation/viewforum.php?f=52> >>>>>>>> Specialtymarket.com <http://www.specialtymarket.com/> >>>>>>>> Systems Integrator-- Glad to Assist >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Chat Y! messenger: bjfr33man >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Ruth Hoffman sent the following on 8/25/2010 7:58 AM: >>>>>>>>> Hi Laxmiraghu: >>>>>>>>> Unfortunately, the project recently decided to change the way >>>>>>>>> OFBiz is >>>>>>>>> distributed. And, they pretty much forgot to tell anyone. The jar >>>>>>>>> file >>>>>>>>> is no longer part of the distribution as it was as recently as 6 >>>>>>>>> months >>>>>>>>> ago. You MUST now build OFBiz prior to startup. The build process as >>>>>>>>> described in various locations around the community will create >>>>>>>>> all the >>>>>>>>> necessary jar files. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> For more information on this including very simple build >>>>>>>>> instructions, >>>>>>>>> you may download my free document "How To Get OFBiz Code (Release >>>>>>>>> 9.04)" >>>>>>>>> at http://www.myofbiz.com/cms01 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> BTW, inclusion of the necessary jar files could change any day >>>>>>>>> since the >>>>>>>>> decision to do such things appear to be arbitrarily arrived out >>>>>>>>> by the >>>>>>>>> project commiters or whoever is responsible for setting up the >>>>>>>>> builds. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Good luck. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Ruth Hoffman >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> laxmiraghu wrote: >>>>>>>>>> Recently i downloaded ofbiz 9.04 version for windows. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I installed mysql and java 6 and set the JAVA_HOME variable. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I unpacked the ofbiz downloaded zip file to C drive. It created a >>>>>>>>>> directory >>>>>>>>>> 'apache-ofbiz-09.04'. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> As per the documentation, i went to the above directory and >>>>>>>>>> executed >>>>>>>>>> 'startofbiz.bat' command. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> But it gave the following error message. >>>>>>>>>> C:\apache-ofbiz-09.04>"C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_21\bin\java" >>>>>>>>>> -Xms128M >>>>>>>>>> -Xmx >>>>>>>>>> 512M -jar ofbiz.jar >>>>>>>>>> Unable to access jarfile ofbiz.jar >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> It's unable to find ofbiz.jar file. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I also searched for ofbiz.jar file in entire apache-ofbiz-09.04 >>>>>>>>>> folder. It's >>>>>>>>>> not found. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Where can i find that file? Hope it's part of the downloaded zip >>>>>>>>>> file. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Please help. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>
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