Why is the windows runtime/sdk only provided as .exe

[Tom Schindl]

http://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-18807

Tom

Am 04.01.12 17:37, schrieb Kevin Rushforth:
> Oh, maybe we don't actually release the SDK on the public web page
> either (I knew we didn't release the runtime as a zip since we don't
> even generate it internally).
> 
> -- Kevin
> 
> 
> Tom Schindl wrote:
>> Hi Kevin,
>>
>> Well maybe I'm blind but for win32 the there is NO zip available from
>> this page [1].
>>
>> The only thing available currently as a zip is the OS-X SDK version
>> which misses the win32 native libs not? I'll file a JIRA.
>>
>> [1]http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javafx/downloads/devpreview-1429449.html
>>
>>
>> Am 04.01.12 17:22, schrieb Kevin Rushforth:
>>   
>>> Good question. The SDK is available as both an installer and a zip, and
>>> we could consider make the runtime available as a zip file as well, so
>>> please file a JIRA feature request for this.
>>>
>>> As for your other question, it is not currently possible to have 2.0.2
>>> and 2.1 instaled side-by-side.
>>>
>>> -- Kevin
>>>
>>>
>>> Tom Schindl wrote:
>>>     
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Now that since 2.0.2 (and also 2.1) are redistributeable it might make
>>>> sense to provide them also as simple ZIP-Files.
>>>>
>>>> I find it odd that if I want to package JavaFX with my product that I
>>>> first have to install something only my system, navigate to the install
>>>> dir and copy over the stuff my own project directory.
>>>>
>>>> Is it BTW possible to have 2.1 and 2.0.2 installed next to each other? I
>>>> guess not which makes it hard to test with both versions on the same
>>>> system, which would be made much more easy if provided as simple
>>>> ZIP-Files.
>>>>
>>>> Would you mind providing JavaFX 2.1 binaries (and maybe also > 2.0.2) as
>>>> a simple zip-File like you do it with 2.1 OS-X ones?
>>>>
>>>> Tom
>>>>
>>>>   
>>>>       
>>
>>
>>   


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