Play!> 2.0 Install it to /opt anyway
I don’t understand the new install of play!> framework 2.0
The documentation says :
[…]extract the archive to a location where you have both read and write access. (Running play writes some files to directories within the archive, so don’t install to /opt, /usr/local or anywhere else you’d need special permission to write to.)
For example, the 'play' command writes a lock file in dir.
WHY ?
So how do you share the installation between users ? How do you ensure nobody broke the installation ? I don’t like that choice. Here are the commands to still install to /opt
(or other irectory of you choice).
> groupadd play
> sudo chgrp play play-2.0
> sudo chmod -R g+w play-2.0/
> sudo usermod -a -G play username
What I’d like from the play team :
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the pros and cons of the choice
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a release strategy explanation :
Play 2.0 is out but 1.x branch is not dead. Really ?
Issue #1304 is, in my opinion, a critical defect (absolutely impossible to use version 1.2.4 with PotgreSQL). It was opened on December 7th, 2011 and resolved on December 12th, 2011 : but no new release as been published since.
What kind of support of the framework can an enterprise expect ?
Play! is a great framework, but must have a clearer and better support policy for enterprise that use it in critical businesses.