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Ptolemy II is an open-source software framework supporting experimentation with actor-oriented design.
https://ptolemy.eecs.berkeley.edu/ptolemyII
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The Ptolemy II installer version should have an automatic update facility #317

Open cxbrooks opened 11 years ago

cxbrooks commented 11 years ago

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Original bug ID: BZ#523 From: @cxbrooks Reported version: 9.1.devel CC: pt-dev@chess.eecs.berkeley.edu

cxbrooks commented 11 years ago

It would be nice if the Ptolemy II installer would check for updated jar files.

The most robust way to do this would be to supply OSGi jar files and use a facility similar to how Eclipse works.

There would need to be a notion of a blessed version of the jar files on a server and a way to get the jar files from the head.

Any update facility should use an update framework that is defined elsewhere, we should not roll our own.

Note that WebStart provides an update facility that could be useful.