makumba-comm-build

[Makumba-comm-build] Providing a sample dev. environment

[Gwenael A. <gwe...@be...>]

Hi there!

I'm still amazed every time I run it by the easiness of the
installation of the BEST-specific makumba developper bundle. In a
couple of clicks it installs everything needed from tomcat and makumba
to the DB engine. Really smooth, that was really a nice work Ducu
(when virus-free at least ;)).

I have a feeling that providing such a running application 2 clicks
away would simpler do wonders when it comes to spreading makumba.
Otherwise you need to master all the subtleties of JDBC or find your
way in the jungle or at least the information about the recommended
ant version.
What is your feeling?

Ducu do you think it would be doable to make a similar win-package,
but this time without any BEST related items (putting just a couple of
tables like general.Person and general.Country or the like with a
couple of dummy entries in each, and a couple of JSPs/BL files). Such
a bundle would be also much lighter than the BEST one thanks to that.
Maybe even CVS is not needed either in this context.
Ducu, if we go for it, just tell me if I can be of any help. Or maybe
you could give instructions to someone else if there are people
interested to take over this

Hugs,
Gwen

Re: [Makumba-comm-build] Providing a sample dev. environment

[Epure R. <rad...@gm...>]

Hey,

I was thinking of this also some time ago when i did the installer for
BEST but there are some problems with licenses.
JDK as far as i read and understood it's license it is free
distributable but then again i have never seen it embedded with any
other software package or linux distribution.... (and i do think those
guys have a better understanding of the license than me :D ).

But on the other hand it is possible to have a registry check for the
jdk version if jdk was installed using the windows installer, and only
if it has the proper version to allow makumba to be installed.... but
i never tryed this, still it can't be that hard :D

Today it's my last workday in Siemens (finaly) but exams are coming.
After they are all done i think i can have a look and see what i can
do to avoid all the license issues.

Hugs, Ducu.

On 8/30/06, Gwenael Alizon <gwe...@be...> wrote:
> Hi there!
>
> I'm still amazed every time I run it by the easiness of the
> installation of the BEST-specific makumba developper bundle. In a
> couple of clicks it installs everything needed from tomcat and makumba
> to the DB engine. Really smooth, that was really a nice work Ducu
> (when virus-free at least ;)).
>
> I have a feeling that providing such a running application 2 clicks
> away would simpler do wonders when it comes to spreading makumba.
> Otherwise you need to master all the subtleties of JDBC or find your
> way in the jungle or at least the information about the recommended
> ant version.
> What is your feeling?
>
> Ducu do you think it would be doable to make a similar win-package,
> but this time without any BEST related items (putting just a couple of
> tables like general.Person and general.Country or the like with a
> couple of dummy entries in each, and a couple of JSPs/BL files). Such
> a bundle would be also much lighter than the BEST one thanks to that.
> Maybe even CVS is not needed either in this context.
> Ducu, if we go for it, just tell me if I can be of any help. Or maybe
> you could give instructions to someone else if there are people
> interested to take over this
>
> Hugs,
> Gwen
>

Re: [Makumba-comm-build] Providing a sample dev. environment

[Gwenael A. <gwe...@be...>]

Ahoj Ducu!

Ah yes the license thingie.. I remember now..
Maybe worth checking with JDK people directly if they mind having it
part of such a bundle? (I don't know if that is feasible).
Great to hear that you are still on anyway.. keep us posted! :)

Best hugs,
Gwen

PS: yesterday I wanted to check mak API docs within BEST bundle, could
you checkf it is actually included?


On 8/31/06, Epure Radu <rad...@gm...> wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I was thinking of this also some time ago when i did the installer for
> BEST but there are some problems with licenses.
> JDK as far as i read and understood it's license it is free
> distributable but then again i have never seen it embedded with any
> other software package or linux distribution.... (and i do think those
> guys have a better understanding of the license than me :D ).
>
> But on the other hand it is possible to have a registry check for the
> jdk version if jdk was installed using the windows installer, and only
> if it has the proper version to allow makumba to be installed.... but
> i never tryed this, still it can't be that hard :D
>
> Today it's my last workday in Siemens (finaly) but exams are coming.
> After they are all done i think i can have a look and see what i can
> do to avoid all the license issues.
>
> Hugs, Ducu.
>
> On 8/30/06, Gwenael Alizon <gwe...@be...> wrote:
> > Hi there!
> >
> > I'm still amazed every time I run it by the easiness of the
> > installation of the BEST-specific makumba developper bundle. In a
> > couple of clicks it installs everything needed from tomcat and makumba
> > to the DB engine. Really smooth, that was really a nice work Ducu
> > (when virus-free at least ;)).
> >
> > I have a feeling that providing such a running application 2 clicks
> > away would simpler do wonders when it comes to spreading makumba.
> > Otherwise you need to master all the subtleties of JDBC or find your
> > way in the jungle or at least the information about the recommended
> > ant version.
> > What is your feeling?
> >
> > Ducu do you think it would be doable to make a similar win-package,
> > but this time without any BEST related items (putting just a couple of
> > tables like general.Person and general.Country or the like with a
> > couple of dummy entries in each, and a couple of JSPs/BL files). Such
> > a bundle would be also much lighter than the BEST one thanks to that.
> > Maybe even CVS is not needed either in this context.
> > Ducu, if we go for it, just tell me if I can be of any help. Or maybe
> > you could give instructions to someone else if there are people
> > interested to take over this
> >
> > Hugs,
> > Gwen
> >
>