This document discusses IzPack, an open source installation framework. It begins with an introduction and demo of IzPack's features. Some key features discussed include cross-platform compatibility, customizable installers, conditions and languages packs. The document then discusses IzPack's positioning as the only true cross-platform installer. It concludes with thoughts on open source software, including community growth over time and governance challenges.

1. Julien Ponge
Free Open Source Software Academia Conference
November 17th & 18th 2009

2. Associate Professor
Telecommunications, services and usages dept.
CITI / Amazones
Dynamic systems Embedded
Formal systems Pervasive
Observation Ambient
Security Mobile

3. From a hack made in a student dorm room...
... not mine!

4. ...to an industry-backed project.

5. 1
Intro + Demo
2
Some features
3
Positioning
4
Thoughts on F/OSS

6. 1
Intro + Demo
2
Some features
3
Positioning
4
Thoughts on F/OSS

8. Unique installer

9. Unique installer Multiple systems

10. v2
Download for your operating system
1: java -Xmx256m -jar filename.jar
2: chmod -R +x lib/ant/bin
3: lib/ant/bin/ant -f setup.xml
4: bin/asadmin start-domain domain

11. Demo
One download
Works everywhere
Straightforward

14. ~25.000 downloads per month

15. (...)

16. JavaOne 2008
Grant
Invited talks
Code contributions
Software licenses

17. 1
Intro + Demo
2
Some features
3
Positioning
4
Thoughts on F/OSS

18. 1
Intro + Demo
2
Some features
3
Positioning
4
Thoughts on F/OSS

20. Packs, conditions, langpacks,
libraries, GUI, metadata, ...
Files Descriptor Resources
Compiler
Installer JAR

21. Compiler
Installer JAR

22. Compiler
Installer JAR

23. Compiler
Installer JAR

24. Compiler
Installer JAR

25. <installation version="1.0">
<info>
<appname>Glassfish</appname>
<appversion>v2 ur2 b04</appversion>
<authors>
<author email=""
name="Julien Ponge (packager)"/>
<author email=""
name="Sun Microsystems and the GlassFish community"/>
</authors>
<url>http://glassfish.org/</url>
<javaversion>1.5</javaversion>
<requiresjdk>yes</requiresjdk>
</info>
(...)

26. (...)
<panels>
<panel classname="HTMLInfoPanel" />
<panel classname="HTMLLicencePanel" />
<panel classname="TargetPanel" />
<panel classname="UserInputPanel" />
<panel classname="InstallPanel" />
<panel classname="ProcessPanel" />
<panel classname="ShortcutPanel" />
<panel classname="SimpleFinishPanel" />
</panels>
(...)

27. <pack name="GlassFish" required="yes">
<description>GlassFish</description>
<file src="launch-browser.sh" targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH/bin"
condition="izpack.macinstall" />
<fileset dir="linux" targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH"
condition="izpack.linuxinstall">
<% linux_specific.each do |file| %>
<include name="<%= file %>"/>
<% end %>
</fileset>
<executable targetfile="$INSTALL_PATH/lib/ant/bin/ant"
stage="never" os="unix" />
<parsable targetfile="$INSTALL_PATH/bin/launch-browser.sh"
os="unix" />
</pack>

28. <pack name="GlassFish" required="yes">
<description>GlassFish</description>
<file src="launch-browser.sh" targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH/bin"
condition="izpack.macinstall" />
<fileset dir="linux" targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH"
condition="izpack.linuxinstall">
<% linux_specific.each do |file| %>
<include name="<%= file %>"/>
<% end %>
</fileset>
<executable targetfile="$INSTALL_PATH/lib/ant/bin/ant"
stage="never" os="unix" />
<parsable targetfile="$INSTALL_PATH/bin/launch-browser.sh"
os="unix" />
</pack>

29. <pack name="GlassFish" required="yes">
<description>GlassFish</description>
<file src="launch-browser.sh" targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH/bin"
condition="izpack.macinstall" />
<fileset dir="linux" targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH"
condition="izpack.linuxinstall">
<% linux_specific.each do |file| %>
<include name="<%= file %>"/>
<% end %>
</fileset> Ant-style:
**/*
<executable targetfile="$INSTALL_PATH/lib/ant/bin/ant"
dir/*.class
stage="never" os="unix" /> **/*.jar
<parsable targetfile="$INSTALL_PATH/bin/launch-browser.sh"
lib/**/*.jar
os="unix" />
</pack>

30. <pack name="GlassFish" required="yes">
<description>GlassFish</description>
<file src="launch-browser.sh" targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH/bin"
condition="izpack.macinstall" />
<fileset dir="linux" targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH"
condition="izpack.linuxinstall">
<% linux_specific.each do |file| %>
<include name="<%= file %>"/>
<% end %>
</fileset>
<executable targetfile="$INSTALL_PATH/lib/ant/bin/ant"
stage="never" os="unix" />
<parsable targetfile="$INSTALL_PATH/bin/launch-browser.sh"
os="unix" />
</pack>

31. <conditions>
<condition type="variable"
id="start.glassfish">
<name>gf_start_domain</name>
<value>true</value>
</condition>
</conditions>

32. <guiprefs height="600" resizable="yes" width="800">
<modifier key="allXGap" value="5"/>
<modifier key="allYGap" value="5"/>
<modifier key="paragraphYGap" value="15"/>
<modifier key="useHeadingPanel" value="yes"/>
<modifier key="headingLineCount" value="1"/>
<modifier key="headingFontSize" value="2"/>
<modifier key="headingBackgroundColor" value="0x00ffffff"/>
<modifier key="headingPanelCounter" value="text"/>
<modifier key="headingPanelCounterPos" value="inHeading"/>
</guiprefs>

36. variables
Config files,
scripts, ...
Content-aware
replacement

38. raw pack200
deflate (gzip) bzip2

39. Custom actions
Custom panels Installer JAR
3rd-party libs

40. Custom actions
Custom panels Installer JAR
3rd-party libs

41. .exe
Our very own native launcher, or...

43. 1
Intro + Demo
2
Some features
3
Positioning
4
Thoughts on F/OSS

44. 1
Intro + Demo
2
Some features
3
Positioning
4
Thoughts on F/OSS

45. MacOSX packages BitRock InstallBuilder

46. IzPack is the only
true cross-platform
installer to date

47. (...)

48. (...)
IzPack is a
complement

53. 1
Intro + Demo
2
Some features
3
Positioning
4
Thoughts on F/OSS

54. 1
Intro + Demo
2
Some features
3
Positioning
4
Thoughts on F/OSS

55. X11
v3.0.0 shortcuts
v2.0 Win32 shortcuts CommunityOne
(rewrite) UserInputPanel GPL JavaOne
2001 2004 2008 2009
03 08 11 08 02 01 05 04 05 04 11
2002 2005
v1.0 v2.10.0 Move to Move to v4.3.0 v4.3.2,
CVS @TuxFamily BerliOS Codehaus fOSSa
Fast development
Steady growth, people keep on joining

56. You decide
to use it for
X11 your next projects
v3.0.0 shortcuts
v2.0 Win32 shortcuts CommunityOne
(rewrite) UserInputPanel GPL JavaOne
2001 2004 2008 2009
03 08 11 08 02 01 05 04 05 04 11
2002 2005
v1.0 v2.10.0 Move to Move to v4.3.0 v4.3.2,
CVS @TuxFamily BerliOS Codehaus fOSSa
Fast development
Steady growth, people keep on joining

57. Facts

58. Facts
I did not expect any success.

59. Facts
I did not expect any success.
You are always the last to know about usages.

60. Facts
I did not expect any success.
You are always the last to know about usages.
Community does not appear magically.

61. F/OSS... why?
nothing’s free!
Fun Skills Advertise
Strategic market shares
Direct revenue streams

62. Project type “Main” models
Consulting
Framework Training
and libraries Support
Dual licensing
Support plans
Mission-critical
Consulting
infrastructure
Management tools
servers
Extensions
Open Core
Products Extensions
Customizations

63. Start Easy
Solo work
Users!
Patches!
Community support
Hard to reach
Mature project
Manager work

65. Be open Recruit developers
Learn to say no Spread the news!

66. The hype
Patterns TDD, JSR xyz
BDD
Best Scripting
IoC & DI
practices

67. The hype
Patterns TDD, JSR xyz
BDD
...your application code will eventually look bad!
Best Scripting
IoC & DI
practices

68. Success
More... emails, requests, expectations, ...
Less... forgiveness, understanding, ...

69. Success
More... emails, requests, expectations, ...
Less... forgiveness, understanding, ...
You can’t scale... live with it!

70. (A)GPL LGPL, MPL, EPL, ... BSD, ASL, WTF, ...
Evil Fair Liberal
(mostly)
Linux Eclipse IzPack
KDE Mozilla Ruby on Rails
Dual licensing OpenOffice.org Android
Anxious people XWiki Apache

71. Governance
leads, maintainers, committers,
Roles
contributors, users, ...
copyright transfer agreements,
I.P.
trademarks, ...
coding standards,
Rules
decision making, voting, ...

74. Thanks to...
The amazing IzPack community

75. Thanks to...
The amazing IzPack community
(good luck friends!)
& +

76. Julien Ponge
INSA-Lyon
INRIA / CITI / Amazones
julien.ponge@insa-lyon.fr
julien.ponge@inria.fr
http://julien.ponge.info/