Yeah. Technically artifacts contains the dependency libraries tool. Maybe artifacts are more urgent and necessary than the executables. Afterall executables are convenient to users but not required in the Apache release process.
On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 2:41 PM Josh Fischer <[email protected]> wrote: > Gotcha. I understand the difference in the two now, but I'm not sure why > one would be allowed over the other. At the end of the day they are both > compiled binaries released under the Apache foundation. I'll take some > time to read through apache docs to see if I can get a better understanding > of the differences in the two. > > On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 4:28 PM Ning Wang <[email protected]> wrote: > > > That's true. Maven artifacts are binaries too. My bad. > > > > The "binary" I was referring to are the executables, such as installer, > > which contains quite some executables like CLI, exeample jobs, UI, > tracker, > > etc. The docker image is also part of my "binary". > > > > Basically users can just install and run their jobs without compiling all > > the tools from source code. Maven artifacts allow users to build their > > jobs. They still need to compile all the other things in order to run the > > jobs. > > > > I hope it is more clear this time. > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 1:59 PM Josh Fischer <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > I'm not sure I understand how you are defining the differences between > > the > > > terms "maven artifacts" and "binary releases". Wouldn't a maven > > artifact ( > > > java jar ) be considered a binary release as well? Am I missing > > something? > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 1:02 AM Ning Wang <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > I think we can not make an official binary release yet before clear > all > > > > license issues. Therefore, 0.20.0.2 can have maven artifacts but it > > can't > > > > have binary release. :( > > > > > > > > That's just my understanding of Apache requirements. > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 2:24 PM Josh Fischer <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > I'd like to start the process to vote for the 0.20.2-incubating > > binary > > > > > release. Before we start I remember there were concerns about the > > size > > > > of > > > > > the Heron binary and where it would be hosted on Apache Infra. > Does > > > > anyone > > > > > have any knowledge on this potential issue? > > > > > > > > > > - Josh > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
