Diane Holt wrote: > > --- Jon Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Then, we could write a simple Ant Task that would grab the file and then > > download the appropriate .jar files as needed. > > I'm not sure what you mean by "as needed". What if I don't need any of the > support jars, because I already have them? I don't want to have to spend > download-time/disk-space getting something I've already got. I'd prefer > having links to the required jars included as part of the installation > instructions -- then I can see what's required, and what, if anything, I > need to pick up. >
Though I won't speak for Jon, I would assume that 'as needed' would mean that there would be a check of either the filesystem or your classpath for the jar and if it wasn't there, it would automatically download it for you. josh
