Opened 13 years ago

Closed 13 years ago

#122 closed enhancement (wontfix)

Create a WPI-Package

Reported by: Batchheizer Owned by:
Priority: Feedback Pending Milestone: Enhanced
Component: general Version: 1.6.0-b22 WSE
Severity: highest Keywords:
Cc:

Description

Some suggestions for the planed WPI:

  • PACKAGEID: please put all infos like now "1.6.0-b22 WSE" into "\major\minor[\revision[\fixlevel]" and not into "vendor\application\package".
  • Set JAVA_HOME in config.sys Info. In eCS 2.1 this set links on my system to "E:\PROGRAMS\JAVA142".
  • Add a association to *.JAR / *JAR from java.exe with "-jar %**F" or so.
  • Add an icon to JAVA*.exe-files.

Thanks for your work on JAVA.

Change History (8)

comment:1 by Silvan Scherrer, 13 years ago

Whats the advantage of the packageid change?

comment:2 by Silvan Scherrer, 13 years ago

Priority: majorFeedback Pending

comment:3 by Batchheizer, 13 years ago

If PACKEGEID would be netlabs\java\openjava160b22\2011\07\12 or so an update to a next java would be netlabs\java\openjava161b4\2012\01\11 or so. That would be in conflict with REQUIRES for JAVA-WPIs and updates over an existing JAVA 1.6.

If ID = netlabs\java\opensdk\1\6\0\22 any updated version (e.g. netlabs\java\opensdk\1\6\1\8) would have the same vendor\application\package and applications or WPIs will find them correct and could check if the version is ok.

comment:4 by dmik, 13 years ago

Please keep in mind that there will be no WPI from us (all our projects will go the RPM way + ZIPs for those real geeks who doesn't like installers). So although we will help you if you need the details about the installation, we will not support WPI-based installations and will not fix related bugs. Just to make it clear.

Regarding your suggestions, they make sense of course. (Though they also clearly show some of the key WarpIn limitations :)

comment:5 by dmik, 13 years ago

Milestone: GAEnhanced

comment:6 by Yoda_Java6, 13 years ago

Interesting to see, that I'm now a geek :-)

I wote for WPI too, as RPM is currently completely useless for endusers.
As long as RPM can't do simple things, as installing to a user selected
dir on any partition - nobody wants it.

I think the Java6 project owners should consider what eCS users want,
and not what a few Linux Geeks wants.

(but I admit, that I most likely will dl the ZIP ;-) )

comment:7 by Batchheizer, 13 years ago

The WPI is now on Hobbes:

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/download/pub/java/system/OPENJDK6b22GA.WPI

Feedback to my Email (see first page in WPI) is welcome.

comment:8 by Silvan Scherrer, 13 years ago

Resolution: wontfix
Status: newclosed

as we will not deliver a wpi at all, i close that ticket. zip and rpm will be the only way we distribute java

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