Jeff Turner wrote:

>On Wed, Aug 14, 2002 at 06:54:40AM +0100, Paul Hammant wrote:
>  
>
>>Folks,
>>
>>   <zip zipfile="${bin.dist.dir}/src.zip" compress="false">
>>       <zipfileset dir="src/java"/>
>>   </zip>
>>
>>The above seems to be typical in build files.  i.e. binary distributions 
>>include source.
>>
>>I'm a little uncomfortable as this means that downloaders can see source 
>>but have no ability to compile it as related non java source and files 
>>are missing.  Are we really happy with this?
>>    
>>
>
>Probably it's just for reference; when debugging a stacktrace, I find it
>useful to be able to look up the indicated line number. Also, browsing
>code is often more productive than browsing javadocs. Plus it emphasises
>that this is open source code.
>
While it is useful for debugging the source, these are binary 
distributions.  I agree that it
is confusing that the src is included.

Cheers,
Leif



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