Re: izpack 3.8
Simon Brooke wrote:
in message , Andrew Thompson wrote:
tiewknvc9 wrote:
Does anyone know where I might be able to find the free izpack
installer version 3.8?
...
....
....Using ant to build a
JWS based launch, will give you a mostly working
solution - within 1 week of starting - and you will
still complete that quicker than trying to work out
the last details* of the current approach.
OK, having played with IZPack a bit, I now use antinstaller for all my
install scripts. Would you still say JWS is better,
OK, having never used either izPack nor antinstaller, I
am unable to comment whether JWS is 'better' - not that
I am even sure what your definition of 'better'* is.
My point was not about which installation technology is
best, but merely that web start can cover all of what I
(currently believe) to be the requirements for this
applicaiton's successful installation (it has spread
across a few threads, as the OP attacked each
challenge in turn).
However, one point that JWS will always have in its favor
is that it is supported by the manufaturer of the language
that it is primarily aimed at installing. ;-)
* Faster? Sleeker, prettier? Smaller download?
Fewer 'clicks' from go to installed? Better for the
end user experience, or the development cycle,
...or the maintenance cycle**?
Each installer that I have seen has its nice points
that (I feel) should be replicated in an 'ideal installer' -
but none is 'perfect', nor includes all the features it
'should' (at least, not for the $0 that I am prepared
to pay for an installer!).
** For which web start offers the wonderful ability to
auto-update - no more bug reports from users
running version 0.01-beta!
...and if so is JWS
suitable for deploying server-side components
No - but specific to this thread, the OP's application has
no server side installation requirements - all client side.
Andrew T.