On Mon 22/03/10 11:31 , "LucPréfontaine" lprefonta...@softaddicts.ca sent: > Is my first impression right or wrong ? > Is Clojure harder to setup from Windows for beginners ? > Would an installer (.msi) help by hiding Java related details and > providing some basic scripts to run it ?
I think there are likely two camps: Java users seeing Clojure as a library that they can integrate with their existing projects; and non-Java users, wanting something with an installation experience something like Python. For Java users, I think a zip with a jar file in it is great, and they'll likely know what to do with it. I'd be a bit startled to find a Java library bundled in a .msi installer, it would make Clojure seem foreign and invasive. I don't think an msi would really add much at all, other than potentially making it harder to install in some environments. A zip file with working startup scripts would be enough I think? I'd like to see the documentation bundled too, so that you have a version of the documentation that corresponds to the version of clojure that you have downloaded. Perhaps the zip file could have a lib directory that the scripts pull in all jar files from, to make adding things like database drivers and contrib to the environemnt easier? Perhaps how Ant aranges its bin directory and lib folder is a good model to borrow from? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
