David,
I have updated the quick_install script to create /star.
Steve.
-----Original Message-----
From: Giaretta, DL (David) [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 01 August 2003 09:47
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: SUN212 and Windows STARJAVA
Steve
The issue will certainly arise for people who want Starlink s/w on their own
(new) laptops. On the other hand they probably will have root access so they
can create /star - as long as it's very clear that they have to do it, or as
long as the install script does it for them.
...David
-----Original Message-----
From: Rankin, SE (Stephen) [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 01 August 2003 09:43
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Subject: Re: SUN212 and Windows STARJAVA
Mark,
There is a list of some applications which need /star in sun212, the only
other things that appear to need it are demos (probably not maintained as
well as the applications themselves, only used for show). Some substantial
testing would be needed to identify all the problems relating to /star. RAL
systems all use or have /star, so these problems really do not show
themselves much here. I suspect that most sites use /star anyway.
Steve.
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Taylor [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 01 August 2003 09:15
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: SUN212 and Windows STARJAVA
On Thu, 31 Jul 2003, Rankin, SE (Stephen) wrote:
>
> All,
>
> Attached are SUN212 and SUN251 (Starjava).
>
> In sun212 the major changes are,
>
> Page 3 (NEW) Release Notes. Needs Windows stuff.
Typos:
I you experience problems -> If you experience problems
This particularly effects GAIA -> This particularly affects GAIA
It's a shame about needing /star. From what I gather Steve you're
not going to be around to prepare the next CD (if there is one) -
can you write a summary to this list or elsewhere of what the issues
are exactly and how they might be fixed (or why they can't be).
I thought that it had been possible to sort this out on previous
releases (though I may be wrong), and we should try to for future ones
if possible.
It would also be a good idea to put a few words in this section
saying what will/won't work if /star is not present; some people
unable to make this link may still be able to make use of the
packages they need.
As a LaTeX pedant I can't avoid pointing out that there are several
quotes round the wrong way - the LaTeX source for quoted words
should read ``thus'' or `thus', not "thus" or 'thus'.
> sun251 needs Windows stuff.
Any reason why all the invocation examples have a '&' after them?
Readers can decide whether they want to run them in the background
or not.
Section 2:
I'd prefer a change of emphasis here. Instead of saying
"the user should be using the C-shell", "STARJAVA needs the SUN
JRE..", I'd be inclined to say "There are C-shell scripts to
facilitate use of STARJAVA...", "STARJAVA has been developed and
tested using Sun's JRE...". If you don't have or don't want to
use csh or have a different JRE you can still get these working
by invoking the appropriate jar files; presumably you're going
to say something about this in the Windows section.
Peter's applications are a bit more tied into the use of scripts
etc so he may have a different perspective on this.
The following requirements matrix may be a useful inclusion:
J2SE1.4 JNIAST/JHIHDS JAI
(Linux,Solaris,Windows)
FROG Y Y
SPLAT Y Y
SoG Y Y Y
Tablecopy Y
TOPCAT Y
Treeview Y * *
Y: does require it
*: will run without it, but with reduced functionality
Section 3.6 (Tablecopy):
Please change:
(which can be invoked from within the package or with the invocation
`topcat -help')
to
(which ... `topcat -guihelp')
(I changed the flag, topcat -help gives a usage message as noted earlier
in the section).
Section 3.6.2 (Output table):
Oops, in the example line 'jdbc:<driver-specific-url>\#<new-table-name>'
a backslash should not appear. I probably escaped the # character
which does not need escaping.
Mark
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