From dev-return-20649-apmail-geronimo-dev-archive=geronimo.apache.org@geronimo.apache.org Thu Dec 01 20:25:45 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-geronimo-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 53229 invoked from network); 1 Dec 2005 20:25:44 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 1 Dec 2005 20:25:44 -0000 Received: (qmail 93615 invoked by uid 500); 1 Dec 2005 20:25:37 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-geronimo-dev-archive@geronimo.apache.org Received: (qmail 93551 invoked by uid 500); 1 Dec 2005 20:25:37 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@geronimo.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk list-help: list-unsubscribe: List-Post: Reply-To: dev@geronimo.apache.org List-Id: Delivered-To: mailing list dev@geronimo.apache.org Received: (qmail 93524 invoked by uid 99); 1 Dec 2005 20:25:37 -0000 Received: from asf.osuosl.org (HELO asf.osuosl.org) (140.211.166.49) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 01 Dec 2005 12:25:37 -0800 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=10.0 tests= X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (asf.osuosl.org: local policy) Received: from [199.237.51.194] (HELO green.rootmode.com) (199.237.51.194) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 01 Dec 2005 12:27:03 -0800 X-ClientAddr: 68.171.62.46 Received: from [192.168.15.105] (68-171-62-46.vnnyca.adelphia.net [68.171.62.46]) by green.rootmode.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id jB1KOlO8024577 for ; Thu, 1 Dec 2005 15:24:47 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <1C3FDEB9-A34D-4B50-998F-97FCBD4683E8@iq80.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Dain Sundstrom Subject: Re: Can we remove the offline deployer? Please speak up now. Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 12:24:49 -0800 To: dev@geronimo.apache.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) X-RootMode-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-RootMode-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-From: dain@iq80.com X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org X-Spam-Rating: minotaur.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N +1 With the addition of the hot deploy directory I don't think we need this at all -dain On Dec 1, 2005, at 12:20 PM, David Jencks wrote: > Currently the offline deployer is a dreadful hack. It loads a > completely separate set of builder gbeans than the running server, > and its restricted to 2 plans. I believe it was originally > developed as the bootstrap mechanism for server assembly. We now > have a maven plugin based system that is simpler and does not have > the drawbacks of the offline deployer. > > I would like to remove the offline deployer capabilities from the > deployer.jar. I believe this will significantly simplify both the > code and cli for this tool. I have some hope that we could even > include all the classes needed in the deployer.jar so it could be > moved out of the geronimo server bin/ and still work. > > If there is still significant demand for a standalone offline > deployer tool (rather than using the maven packaging plugin) I > would like this to be a separate tool essentially based on the > maven packaging plugin, although using the "current" geronimo > server rather than the local maven repo. > > thanks > david jencks