Am 28.07.2015 14:26, schrieb Steve Amerige:
Hi all,
Every time we take a download of the latest Groovy software, we have to
do the same task: remove version numbers from file names. As of the
2.4.4 release, there are 39 files, shown below, that have the version
number as part of the distribution.
first of all, I got the impression that the discussion so far was a tiny
bit misguided. We have the zip distribution and the jars that go to
maven. The maven artifacts of course would stay as they are, this is
only about the zip distribution.
[...]
It is reasonable that the root directory include a version number. But,
under that directory, we'd expect that the contents are version-less.
The reason that we have the version numbers there basically is, that the
jars in the zip are the same jars as for maven, that's why they have
version numbers. It was not all that of a big deal before we started
having 17+ modules.
[...]
I believe that Groovy should follow this example, and
possibly go one step better by having an explicit manifest file with all
pertinent metadata for the Groovy release that includes metadata such as
the version number, license name, checksums of files (for security
checking), etc.
license information must go into the LICENSE and NOTICE (and DISCLAIMER)
files as per ASF requirements. Checksums are imho not making sense as
part of the zip, because if the zip is manipulated, then it is no use to
use the zip contents to verify the zip contents. As for the version
number... I think a file VERSION is often used for that.
But Steve, I do have a question...
Normally the things you describe are part of the installation process as
well as making a package for the system installation. That means
normally you want a system package. Installing software packages
manually in a system with a packaging manager is usually a bad idea.
GVM was mentioned, but GVM is not for a system-wide installation like
Steve wants it. And it is (currently) not a way to provide libraries for
usage by applications outside of a GVM package.
As for how.... changing distSpec in assemble.groovy to include some
renames may do it. Anyone interested in doing a pull request? Of course
I would also like to hear Cedric as our current build master about this.
bye blackdrag
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Jochen "blackdrag" Theodorou
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