On 30/08/2010 16:52, Henri Gomez wrote: >> I don't see much benefit in a DMG packaging (for a server application) alone. >> tar.gz is fine on Mac, and AFAIK a DMG can only be created on Mac OS X. > > Same benefits as a Tomcat.exe for Windows users. > Easy install for beginers. > >> Other ideas for Mac (though none interests me personally enough to work on >> it): >> * build a preference pane to control (start,stop) Tomcat >> * ship a sample launchd configuration >> * maybe build a Tomcat installer that >> * installs Tomcat to a well-defined location that works well with the OS X >> directory layout >> * provides a choice to install the launchd configuration or the preference >> poane for manual control > > That's the idea. Installing Tomcat as an Application/Service with a > small Prefs Pane
Lots of the content on http://wiki.apache.org/tomcat/TomcatOnMacOS is old, some of it is questionable. A few Mac users have been double clicking the tar.gz and getting a broken Tomcat because the archive didn't unpack the directories as expected. Providing a standard .plist, launchd script & instructions for use would be a start - and a simple script to place them in suitable locations, like the service installer .bat for Win. p
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