> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Graham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 2:34 PM
> To: Jakarta Commons Developers List
> Subject: Re: [all] Instead of source and binary - one distribution
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> --- Tim O'Brien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > We make releases both source and binary, but why not just start cutting
> > one
> > release?  I can understand why a product like HTTPD would be distributed
> > without source, but the commons community consists of developers.
> >
> > Can anyone think of any good reason to preserve the current release
> > structure.
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> Even though we distribute to developers, most of them probably don't care
> about the source.  They care about adding the jar to their project and
> looking at the javadocs.  I just downloaded codec for use in one of my
> projects and would have immmediately thrown away the source if it was
> included.  IMO, it's a waste of Apache's bandwidth to distribute files
> users are just going to delete.

+1. I am firmly against throwing everything into a single distribution.

I thought we just had this discussion a few weeks ago, anyway...

--
Martin Cooper


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> David
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> > My apologizes in advance if this starts an endless flame war.  I have a
> > knack for that.
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> > Tim O'Brien
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