https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/some-suggestions-for-activiti-5-0-beta1/m-p/8422#M2726 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Dear Activiti's developers</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I have read this link </SPAN><A href="http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/ACT" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Activiti-JIRA</A><BR /><BR /><SPAN>where appear </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Versions: Due </SPAN><BR /><UL><LI><A href="http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/ACT/fixforversion/16575" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">5.0.beta1</A> Release Date: 01/Sep/10</LI><BR /><LI><A href="http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/ACT/fixforversion/16576" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">5.0.beta2</A> Release Date: 01/Oct/10</LI><BR /><LI>5.0 Release Date: 01/Nov/10</LI></UL><SPAN>I don't know if both links above are the unique places to know the expected or futures features or improvements for Activiti</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I didn't work very deeper with Activiti yet but I want to share the follow ideas</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>1) Give support integration with DB PostgreSQL</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>2) Generalize the task/names in build.xml related with the DB, because is some confuse, I mean for example in </SPAN><STRONG>build.properties</STRONG><SPAN> I can do the follow.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote"># The db property should refer to the type of database that <BR /># you want to use.&nbsp; Currently only h2 and MySQL is supported.<BR /><STRONG>db=mysql</STRONG><BR />#ORIGINAL<BR />#db=h2</BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><SPAN>but in </SPAN><STRONG>build.xml</STRONG><SPAN> appear</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">&lt;target name="demo.setup" depends="<STRONG>h2</STRONG>.install, <STRONG>h2</STRONG>.start, <BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; db.create, <BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; tomcat.install, <BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; deploy.activiti.engine.into.tomcat, <BR />&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; db.demo.data,<BR />&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; deploy.activiti.rest.into.tomcat, <BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; deploy.activiti.explorer.and.probe.into.tomcat,<BR />&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; tomcat.start,<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; deploy.activiti.modeler.into.tomcat "/&gt;</BLOCKQUOTE><SPAN>Always do reference to h2, perhaps should be </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>depends="</SPAN><STRONG>db</STRONG><SPAN>.install, </SPAN><STRONG>db</STRONG><SPAN>.start, to generalize the db dependencies</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>same appreciation for </SPAN><BR /><BR /><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">&lt;target name="<STRONG>h2</STRONG>.install"&gt;<BR />&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;mkdir dir="${activiti.home}/apps/<STRONG>h2</STRONG>" /&gt;<BR />&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;copy todir="${activiti.home}/apps/<STRONG>h2</STRONG>"&gt;<BR />&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;fileset dir="${activiti.home}/lib"&gt;<BR />&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<STRONG>&lt;include name="h2*.jar"/&gt;</STRONG><BR />&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/fileset&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;fileset dir="files/h2" /&gt;<BR />&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/copy&gt;<BR />&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;chmod perm="a+x"&gt;<BR />&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;fileset dir="${activiti.home}/apps/<STRONG>h2</STRONG>"&gt;<BR />&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;include name="*.sh"/&gt;<BR />&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/fileset&gt;<BR />&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/chmod&gt;<BR />&nbsp; &lt;/target&gt;</BLOCKQUOTE><SPAN>Gives the impression that the user/developer must create a new task for mysql</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>like &lt;target name="</SPAN><STRONG>mysql</STRONG><SPAN>.install"&gt;, thats create some confusion, of course that all works fine but I think that is fair make the build.xml totally generalized.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I know that you are in development yet, but I think important share these ideas</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Let me know your thoughts</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:14:35 GMT dr_pompeii 2010-08-24T16:14:35Z https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/some-suggestions-for-activiti-5-0-beta1/m-p/8422#M2726 Dear Activiti's developersI have read this link Activiti-JIRAwhere appear Versions: Due 5.0.beta1 Release Date: 01/Sep/105.0.beta2 Release Date: 01/Oct/105.0 Release Date: 01/Nov/10I don't know if both links above are the unique places to know the expected or futures features or improvements for Act Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:14:35 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/some-suggestions-for-activiti-5-0-beta1/m-p/8422#M2726 dr_pompeii 2010-08-24T16:14:35Z https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/some-suggestions-for-activiti-5-0-beta1/m-p/8423#M2727 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>for other dbs then h2, the scripts will not support install and start.&nbsp; for other dbs, the scripts will assume that the db is up and running when the script runs.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:13:13 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/some-suggestions-for-activiti-5-0-beta1/m-p/8423#M2727 tombaeyens 2010-08-25T15:13:13Z