I'd be willing to test this on OSX. I can try it when I'm at work tomorrow.
Is there any chance it could be hosted at objectstyle? The only reason I ask is that I think url's can matter - having consistent url's for things WO could make the effort seem a lot more centralized. One link and you would know you're downloading a working installer from the same site where the tools are hosted. Then following on Kieran's idea, we could have a separate link to a repository for those interested in tracking/committing changes to an installer. Tim Worman UCLA GSE&IS On Dec 6, 2009, at 11:03 AM, Kieran Kelleher wrote: > Probably we would have it in Wonder under svn (or maybe somewhere else > initially, maybe googlecode, if the effort was by those of us who have not > commit rights to Wonder) > > ... and since any dev worth his salt has svn installed (comes with virgin OS > X SL - not sure if it was there before I installed xcode though), so the > instructions would be two command. (1) pull down the script from svn (or a > mdimension hudson build page and (2) just run it. > > This might tie in with Bill Chin's (mDimension) plans to possibly release > some scripts that set up a deployment environment since there is commonality > there. > > On Dec 6, 2009, at 1:51 PM, Tim Worman wrote: > >> Also, I'm not a shell scripting maestro but I'd volunteer effort to help >> keep a tool installer updated. >> >> Tim Worman >> UCLA GSE&IS >> >> >> >> On Dec 6, 2009, at 9:36 AM, Kieran Kelleher wrote: >> >>> I was setting up a new SL dev environment, and just to see what the initial >>> installation and setup procedure would be like for a complete newbie on SL, >>> I looked on the wiki for instructions for the simplest possible path to new >>> installation on a virgin Snow Leopard. >>> >>> It seems that really, a newbie would probably be confused and would >>> probably struggle. :-( >>> >>> >>> After installing WebObjects 5.4.3 using Apple's dmg installer and then >>> installing the "All In One" Eclipse/WOLips installer from Jeremy's .mac >>> page (since the sisu download was slow as molasses with an est time of 1 >>> day+!), I then hit a roadblock, getting an error when launching Eclipse >>> after running Jeremy's installer. >>> " An Error has occurred" >>> " See the log file ~/.eclipse/...../blahblah.log" >>> >>> That error log file is full of "missing required bundle" messages. >>> >>> Anyway, just FYI, I don't have time for troubleshooting this now .... I am >>> doing my usual 3.4.2 download and install/setup the manual way. >>> >>> Since Jeremy is not working in WO anymore and this is AIO (All In One) >>> installer is clearly broken for install on a virgin OS X Snow Leopard box, >>> we might want to just discontinue the all-in-one installer and just go >>> write a concise "WebObjects Developer Quick Start Guide" for newbies >>> .......so I started a wiki page on this and will work on completing it as I >>> get time. Any thoughts on that? Should I wipe all references on the wiki to >>> the AIO? >>> >>> If we are ever going to get new devs to come to WebObjects, we need to have >>> a working quick start. Any dev worth his salt should be comfortable on the >>> command line, so maybe a bash install script that downloads and installs >>> various bits and configures everything might be the better route. Any >>> opinions on that? >>> >>> BTW, I went to use the WOInstaller.jar initially and thinking that a newbie >>> would want standard install paths, I set the WOInstaller.jar target as "/", >>> but got an error saying System directory already exists. Should the >>> WOInstaller.jar's CPIO class be changed to just overwrite existing files? >>> Does that "overlay" directory paths (aka merge eith existing files if named >>> differently, or does it realyl "replace" existing directories (ie., wiping >>> them out)? >>> >>> Anyway, this is just some meandering thoughts / discussion before I leave >>> off the "How would a newbie WO dev fare on getting started" for now and go >>> do some work. >>> >>> Regards, Kieran >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >>> Webobjects-dev mailing list ([email protected]) >>> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >>> http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/lists%40thetimmy.com >>> >>> This email sent to [email protected] >> > _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Webobjects-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
