Greg Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 27/02/2003 11:33:28 AM: > On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 10:12:35AM +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >... > > > sourcecode under its own license. Yes, binary, but it is the best first > > > step and it solves a real need. > > > > Just to play devils advocate, what is that need, Given that there current > > is a repository distributing ASF binaries with their license. > > > > This is not a facetious comment, but a desire to explore what the need is > > for an ASF-blessed repository. > > The ASF doesn't "need" to have a repository. But it cannot operate or > condone a repository that has or allows license violations. Sure. I don't think anyone was suggesting that such a repository be created.
> The ASF is primarily concerned with the original, authoritative distribution > of its code. For proper authenticity, security, mirroring, etc, that > distribution has a set of requirements and policy which has been defined by > the infrastructure team. The current 'distributions' are mainly in zipped source or binary form, right? Is there a precedent for non-zipped binaries? > Beyond the original distribution, then it's all gravy. What facilities do we > want to provide our users and downstream developers? How can we simplify > their lives? Ted points out that it is reasonable to state that the ASF is > creating problems (classpath and whatnot), so maybe you could even say we > "must" create a repos simply as a way to help recover from the mess that we > have made. *shrug* > > > It does seem like people are narrowing in on some proposals, designs, etc. I > might suggest it is about time to Wiki-ize the current thoughts so that you > have something concrete to reference in further mailing list discussion. And > to iterate on or to provide some alternatives. Sounds like a plan. -- dIon Gillard, Multitask Consulting Blog: http://www.freeroller.net/page/dion/Weblog Work: http://www.multitask.com.au --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
