[Jython-dev] Installer test

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Hi 

I have tried to create an installer for the current snapshot of jython.
I have used the free (GPL) LiftOff program to create the self installing
.class file.

   http://sourceforge.net/projects/liftoff/

The installer is 1.5 Mb and contains also the standard python library
which have previously been distributed as pylib15x.jar

   ftp://jython.sourceforge.net/pub/jython/Install.class

We have not made any decisions that LiftOff should be used, so please
look at this as part of an evaluation of installers.

I have only tested this on win2k (with jdk1.3, jdk1.1.7a & MS-jview
5.00.3229). Feedback from other platforms and JVMs is needed before we
can decide whether LiftOff is useful to us. 

Please try the installer and post your experience, both good and bad,
here on the list. Give special attention to the two generated scripts.
With some luck these should work on unixes and windows. 

The text shown as license and readme should not be taken for anything
other than examples. This also include the graphics used.

I had to fix some bugs in LiftOff which occurred on windows
(line-ending, slash/backslash) and LiftOff is GPL so the modified
version is here:

   ftp://jython.sourceforge.net/pub/jython/liftoff-001031.tar.gz

regards,
finn