[izpack-users] Having install.jar independant from packagescontent

[miraodb]

Hi,

I agree with Klaus. That would be a huge change for the current App. I have 
for my company a shell script that built three installers (download the new 
elements from a site, extract them to right places, update/delete if 
necessary) each around 300MB  in about 20 minutes... the same batch can be 
used to install or uninstall...
It's fairly easy this way and fast enough.
I'm not saying it's not a good idea, all i'm saying is that it would need 
lots of efforts and time to make it. Especially, i'm not how backward 
compatible it would be with previous install environments...
Might be something interesting to do for a future major release.

Using a shell/batch/Ant script should do the job to start with, i 
believe....

Cheers,
Fabrice
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bartz, Klaus" <Klaus.Bartz at coi.de>
To: <izpack-users at lists.berlios.de>
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 7:57 AM
Subject: Re: [izpack-users] Having install.jar independant from 
packagescontent


> Hi Frederic,
> I think it is not possible in the moment.
> We build our installations (the biggest has ~ 400 MB) every night
> with an automated ant task. Needs ~ 15 minutes on a 2G win box.
>
> To change the behavior needs changes at more than one place of
> IzPack. I assume some time will be needed for implementation.
>
> For me there are more important things todo in IzPack. I need
> e.g. maintenance but have not had the time to implement it in the lastg
> one or two years.
>
> Cheers
>
> Klaus
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: izpack-users-bounces at lists.berlios.de
>>[mailto:izpack-users-bounces at lists.berlios.de]On Behalf Of Frederic
>>Lapeyre
>>Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 1:32 PM
>>To: izpack-users at lists.berlios.de
>>Subject: [izpack-users] Having install.jar independant from packages
>>content
>>
>>
>>Hello,
>>
>>I am a new IzPack user and really like it!
>>
>>I have a need that I cannot find covered by the current IzPack
>>functionalities: to install packs dynamically without the need to
>>recompile the install.jar file when packs change.
>>
>>Why? Because I have frequent update to the content of the
>>packages and they
>>are quite large files. So I was thinking that if I have both
>>the "web" and
>>the "loose" functionality combined, that would seem to work perfectly.
>>Without the loose option, install.jar would have to be
>>recompiled every time
>>a package changes. And without the web option, users would
>>have to download
>>the installer and the packages rather than just the installer,
>>which defeats
>>the purpose of having an installer!
>>
>>Overall, I am looking for an installer that would dowload
>>selected zipped packages to the user and run the shells to unzip them
>>*without having to recompile the installer*.
>>
>>There is a related need on this: when downloading a file, I
>>get the "internet
>>connection window" but would rather have the "x% download of
>>pack xxxx in
>>progress".
>>
>>Maybe someone can help me with this using the current IzPack
>>as is in case I
>>have missed something, or else someone might have an idea about how to
>>develop this.
>>
>>Thanks for your help,
>>
>>Frederic
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