From: Frank W. Z. <fz...@om...> - 2008-04-27 01:48:57
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I can think of a few... Tomcat... jFreeReport... jSwat (this actually in the latest version appears to have a cross-platform installer, but previously it didn't as I recall)... SoapUI (they actually have a couple of different options now as well, a big fat WebStart button on their site being one of them interestingly). I'd love to think of DV in the same category as OpenOffice, Apache and BIND, and I'm all for working towards that, but it's not there yet. If we could get DV into some Linux distros, that'd be awesome for sure, and if what we've been discussing makes that more likely, I'm in :) I think we're in agreement now ultimately... subject to the caveats I previously mentioned (i.e., doesn't make the build process too onerous, doesn't increase complexity *too* much, etc). A little inconvenience for us in exchange for a lot *more* convenience for end-users is something I'm good with to be sure. Frank Jonathan Marsden wrote: > Frank W. Zammetti wrote: > >> ... my point is that DV isn't all that atypical either... many OS >> projects cut releases similarly. > > Which projects are you thinking of? > > Apache, BIND, OpenOffice.org, GNUmeric, AbiWord, GIMP, MySQL, Postgresql > ... most of the well-known open source projects I think of when asked > for examples of open source software arrive at the end user packaged > prettily for a specific OS, not as a generic tarball. Even smaller, > less well known things, even cost-free-but-not-open-source stuff like > JDiskReport (which is written in Java) comes in different packages for > each OS. Which (well-known enough that I have heard of them) open > source projects do you have in mind that just release a tarball (and > which the Linux distributors or others do not then re-package before the > end user sees the software -- GIMP is an example of this category)? > > Jonathan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference > Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. > Use priority code J8TL2D2. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone > _______________________________________________ > DataVision-users mailing list > Dat...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/datavision-users > > -- Frank W. Zammetti Author of "Practical DWR 2 Projects" and "JavaScript, DOM Scripting and Ajax Projects" and "Practical Ajax Projects With Java Technology" for info: apress.com/book/search?searchterm=zammetti&act=search Java Web Parts - javawebparts.sourceforge.net Supplying the wheel, so you don't have to reinvent it! My "only partially serious" blog: zammetti.com/blog |