From: Gwenael A. <gwe...@be...> - 2006-08-31 07:10:39
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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 > > > |