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nightlies vs release: two files

The nightlies require unzipping two files to make a usable runtime as
described here http://people.apache.org/builds/jakarta-jmeter/nightly/ .

Is it correct to assume that the a final release will just be one
distributable?

-Peter

Re: nightlies vs release: two files

Posted by Peter Lin <wo...@gmail.com>.
Plus, if you're mobile, connection could be slow

Sent from my iPhone

On Apr 14, 2011, at 8:41 AM, sebb <se...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 14 April 2011 16:14, Peter Lynch <pe...@peterlynch.ca> wrote:
>> I'm trying to understand why the nightlies have a _bin.zip and _lib.zip
>> instead of just a single .zip like the official 2.4 release did.
>> 
>> I know the _lib.zip contains the third party jars and _bin.zip contains
>> everything else - but why not a single .zip like the official release?
> 
> Because the 3rd party jars rarely change, and at the time this was set
> up, broadband was not generally available.
> 
> Nightlies are intended for developers only; it's convenient not to
> have to download everything each time.
> 
>> -Peter
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 9:24 AM, sebb <se...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 14 April 2011 14:14, Peter Lynch <pe...@peterlynch.ca> wrote:
>>>> The nightlies require unzipping two files to make a usable runtime as
>>>> described here http://people.apache.org/builds/jakarta-jmeter/nightly/ .
>>>> 
>>>> Is it correct to assume that the a final release will just be one
>>>> distributable?
>>> 
>>> Sort of.
>>> 
>>> There is a binary dist and a source dist, and each is available as zip
>>> and tar.gz, so there are actually 4 archives (plus hashes and sigs).
>>> 
>>> However only one binary is needed to run JMeter.
>>> 
>>> Here is the download page:
>>> 
>>> http://jakarta.apache.org/site/downloads/downloads_jmeter.cgi
>>> 
>>>> -Peter
>>>> 
>>> 
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>> 
>> 
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>> Peter Lynch
>> http://blog.peterlynch.ca
>> 
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Re: nightlies vs release: two files

Posted by sebb <se...@gmail.com>.
On 14 April 2011 16:14, Peter Lynch <pe...@peterlynch.ca> wrote:
> I'm trying to understand why the nightlies have a _bin.zip and _lib.zip
> instead of just a single .zip like the official 2.4 release did.
>
> I know the _lib.zip contains the third party jars and _bin.zip contains
> everything else - but why not a single .zip like the official release?

Because the 3rd party jars rarely change, and at the time this was set
up, broadband was not generally available.

Nightlies are intended for developers only; it's convenient not to
have to download everything each time.

> -Peter
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 9:24 AM, sebb <se...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 14 April 2011 14:14, Peter Lynch <pe...@peterlynch.ca> wrote:
>> > The nightlies require unzipping two files to make a usable runtime as
>> > described here http://people.apache.org/builds/jakarta-jmeter/nightly/ .
>> >
>> > Is it correct to assume that the a final release will just be one
>> > distributable?
>>
>> Sort of.
>>
>> There is a binary dist and a source dist, and each is available as zip
>> and tar.gz, so there are actually 4 archives (plus hashes and sigs).
>>
>> However only one binary is needed to run JMeter.
>>
>> Here is the download page:
>>
>> http://jakarta.apache.org/site/downloads/downloads_jmeter.cgi
>>
>> > -Peter
>> >
>>
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>>
>
>
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> Peter Lynch
> http://blog.peterlynch.ca
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Re: nightlies vs release: two files

Posted by Peter Lynch <pe...@peterlynch.ca>.
I'm trying to understand why the nightlies have a _bin.zip and _lib.zip
instead of just a single .zip like the official 2.4 release did.

I know the _lib.zip contains the third party jars and _bin.zip contains
everything else - but why not a single .zip like the official release?

-Peter


On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 9:24 AM, sebb <se...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 14 April 2011 14:14, Peter Lynch <pe...@peterlynch.ca> wrote:
> > The nightlies require unzipping two files to make a usable runtime as
> > described here http://people.apache.org/builds/jakarta-jmeter/nightly/ .
> >
> > Is it correct to assume that the a final release will just be one
> > distributable?
>
> Sort of.
>
> There is a binary dist and a source dist, and each is available as zip
> and tar.gz, so there are actually 4 archives (plus hashes and sigs).
>
> However only one binary is needed to run JMeter.
>
> Here is the download page:
>
> http://jakarta.apache.org/site/downloads/downloads_jmeter.cgi
>
> > -Peter
> >
>
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Re: nightlies vs release: two files

Posted by sebb <se...@gmail.com>.
On 14 April 2011 14:14, Peter Lynch <pe...@peterlynch.ca> wrote:
> The nightlies require unzipping two files to make a usable runtime as
> described here http://people.apache.org/builds/jakarta-jmeter/nightly/ .
>
> Is it correct to assume that the a final release will just be one
> distributable?

Sort of.

There is a binary dist and a source dist, and each is available as zip
and tar.gz, so there are actually 4 archives (plus hashes and sigs).

However only one binary is needed to run JMeter.

Here is the download page:

http://jakarta.apache.org/site/downloads/downloads_jmeter.cgi

> -Peter
>

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