GlassFish V3 Installer Improvements

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Feature-ID Desired Improvement Priority Comments Issue Link Eng Response
INST-1 Common installer experience between GlassFish and Sun-branded product P1 Use an open source installer 4326 Yes.
INST-2 Support in place upgrade from SJSAS 8.1, SJSAS 8.2,GlassFish V1,GlassFish V2 P1     No. Major product architecture change and installer framework change, will focus on side-by-side upgrade.
INST-3 Support side-by-side upgrade from SJSAS 8.1, SJSAS 8.2, GlassFish V1, GlassFish V2 P1   4328 Yes.
INST-4 One step installer (zip/sh) P2 Facilitate adoption of GlassFish by developers and other open source projects. Have received multiple requests from users. (Community request ) 4335 Yes.
INST-5 Copy a GlassFish installation from one directory (or host) to another should be possible P2 Multiple requests. Developers want to be able to copy a installation and pass it around to other developers. Can also facilitate provisioning. Multiple requests. (Community Request ) 4337 Yes.
INST-6 Multi-OS installer P2 Ease of use, facilitate adoption by 3rd party projects. Given that GlassFish is 100% Java, a multi-OS installer should be available. (Community Request ).   No.