On 07/07/13 00:57, sebb wrote:
On 6 July 2013 20:15, Robert Burrell Donkin
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What would a binary distribution give beyond a runnable jar...?
In Commons binary archives contain the compiled jar(s), plus Javadoc
(unpacked), plus source examples (if any).
:-)
The Javadoc may not be so useful here, as RAT is not normally used as a library.
Opinions...? Ideas...?
Using RAT from Maven is very easy, because the jars are pushed to Maven Central.
+1
However, I did find it a bit awkard picking out the correct jars to
run with Ant.
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Maybe the binary archive could contain directories for cli and Ant use.
Or maybe just create combined jars for CLI and ANT use, and add some
basic installation instructions.
That would be 3 or 4 files; should be easy to use.
Yes, I think it should be easy enough to create a single jar suitable
for both CLI and Ant usage
And yes, an improved README sounds good
Perhaps more elegant to factor out clearly named modules for CLI and
assembly
I also favour removing/relocating the Python recursion script
There's no point including source or javadoc jars in the binary archive.
+1
Robert
