From: Dennis S. <dm...@so...> - 2000-11-30 08:12:30
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Sounds good, though if it's easy to offer two downloads (one with source and documentation, the other without) it'd be even better. If you're reworking this you also might want to think about adding an option to keep existing plugins and related data on an update installation (by copying them over from the old installation directory). I think somebody else had asked for this, and I know I'd really find it useful, too. - Dennis Slava Pestov wrote: > Hello y'all, > > Right now, the only available jEdit download is one large installer. > > I have a different idea which I think might be better: the installer > will only contain binaries, and a separate (not self-installing) > download will contain the source code for the editor and documentation. > > I am also planning to package jEdit 2.7final in a Linux RPM package, > so that all the RedHat/SuSE/Mandrake users can install it easily. > > Any thoughts? The binary-only installer is only 700K, and the RPM will > be even smaller, so it will reduce download times somewhat. A source > tarball might also be easier for developers to deal with. And some > sysadmins might not like running precomplied, self-installing apps. > > So if you don't like this, speak up now. Don't complain after the > change has been made :-) > > Slava > > -- > ----------------------------------------------- > jEdit Users' List > jEd...@li... > http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/jedit-users |