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As a result of Arch review of NetBeans it has been desided that a platform specific packaging of NetBeans Platform is needed. That is why we need to produce at least RPMs and Solaris packages. The open question is whether whole platform should be in one or more packages. The latest thinking is likely that in more. core+openide in one and other modules in separate packages. Michal, I know that you plan some work on the "consolidation" build system and this seems very connected. If you thought that you are the one who should implement this, please reassign to yourself. If you have some own issues you that has to be done, please link them with this issue. > q: where will the solaris package be exactly installed? > a: not specified yet > q: probably /opt/netbeans or something like this
I doubt Michal has to consider anything in particular for this - RPMs can be built directly from NBMs.
I vote for RPMs, too. It's the best distribution possibility for Linux. Just work together with guys at jpackage.org. They couldn't keep up with your pace in changing things, but there SPEC files should be a good start for you. AFAIK rpm ist available for Solaris, too. Multiple RPMs seem to me the best solution, too. Generate a relocatable RPM and everybody can change the installation path /opt/netbeans to what he wants. Even better use the standard solution which installs binaries in /usr/bin and cpuarch-independent stuff like java code, sources, docs, HTML in /usr/share. You don't need the installer if you use RPM. So the installer guys could work on the RPM. They should know where to place which files and so on.
Boris (adding you as a CC, otherwise you would never see responses to comments you write): there is already a detailed proposal for creating RPM and SysV-Pkg packages for NB. We just forgot to attach the link to this report.
Hmm. This is a P1 feature for 3.6. But my download came again as an installer program. Any news about the RPM?
It somehow works for 3.6 on a branch. But I promise to make it work for promo-D.
I don't think this should be task for Yarda's. Installation team should do it. Still keeping core-promod keyword to have this issue on my radar
mzlamal did the rpm packaging for JDS. Done
Can you add it to the official Download Webpage?
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