ZAP Download options

[psiinon]

The move to Source Forge for downloads has had the unexpected side effect of dramatically reducing the number of downloads of the 'weekly' releases.
I think this is probably because SF prompts you with the latest / 'most appropriate' download for your platform, which will to 2.2.2

I've also had complaints from people about the size of the ZAP downloads.

And finally, some comments that its getting too complicated for new users.

My suggestion for addressing these 3 problems, is that from 2.3 we should have a Downloads page that links directly to the relevant files.
And I was thinking of something like:

ZAP Downloads

ZAP Lite - cross platform                        47 Mb  Download now  

This contains the minimal set of functionality to get you started and is ideal for people new to ZAP.
You can add more functionality at any time via the ZAP Marketplace.
It is cross platform (Windows, Linux and Mac OS but does not include any installers.
It requires Java 7 to run

ZAP Standard

Windows                                     56 Mb  Download now  
Linux / cross platform                   62 Mb  Download now  
Mac OS                                     115 Mb  Download now 

This contains the standard set of functionality, and you can add more functionality at any time via the ZAP Marketplace.
The Windows and Linux versions require Java 7 to run.
The Mac OS version includes Java 7 - you can use the 'Linux / cross platform' version if you do not want to download this.

ZAP Weekly - cross platform                    75 Mb  Download now  

We generate weekly releases of ZAP from the trunk, typically every Monday.

These are just intended for people who want to use all of the features we've added since the last 'full' release but dont want the hassle of building ZAP from the source code.
While we endeavor to ensure that weekly releases are robust, things may be broken or only partially implemented.
It is cross platform (Windows, Linux and Mac OS but does not include any installers.
It requires Java 7 to run

ZAP Workspace - cross platform                 945 Mb Download now  

An Eclipse workspace containing all of the ZAP projects including source code

The 'Lite' version would just contain the following add-ons:

• ascanrules-release
• pscanrules-release
• diff-beta
• plugnhack
• quickstart-release

It would look something like the attached screenshot.

What do you think?

Simon

[Adrien de Beaupre]

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[dave.w...@owasp.org]

Since I am the one that suggested the 'Lite' version, then am I all for this!  When I have a moment to specifically review what you suggest be included in the Lite version, I'll provide more detailed feedback on the Lite feature set. We made a Lite version of WebScarab many years ago and the 'new' users were MUCH happier with WebScarab after we made this same kind of change.

The fact that this apparently addresses two other concerns at the same time sounds good to me.

-Dave

[psiinon]

I've created this page for the current downloads: http://code.google.com/p/zaproxy/wiki/Downloads2

My plan is to point to this from the 2 ZAP homepages from Monday to see if that results in a greater takeup of the weekly release. I particularly want to encourage that so that we get as much beta testing as possible coming up to the 2.3 release.

Please let me know asap if it needs any changes.

Cheers,

Simon