> > >>but then you are back to not being able to tweak things for the Linux > >>folks. > > > >Perhaps have installer.xml check if it up to date and if not replace > >itself? Given there's alternative way to install I don;t see it as a big > >issue. Of course what Linux users really want to the SDK package up as a > >Linux package. > I don¹t know if a script can replace itself, but one variant on this > theme, if we¹re not worried about older releases, is to change 4.14 so the > build.xml has an install target that downloads the installer.xml and then > runs it. > > Folks would then run ³ant install² instead of ³ant -f installer.xml². It > is another download so it exposes us to another potential point of failure > and lag for slow networks, but gives you the ability to tweak the install > after releasing. >
I think that would work. The ‘another download’ would be from Apache servers, which, if they don’t work, would cause plenty of other problems ;-) EdB -- Ix Multimedia Software Jan Luykenstraat 27 3521 VB Utrecht T. 06-51952295 I. www.ixsoftware.nl
