On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 12:04 AM, Emmanuel Lecharny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Edouard De Oliveira wrote: >> >> <snip/> >> I know that having a core that do not rely on some other lib is a good >> feature. >> But is code dup worth it ? I personnaly hate it but i'm not saying we >> absolutely should avoid it specially when we're talking about only one class > > Well, we have to balance advantage of keeping the framework as small as > possible, compared to having to check out commons-codec modifications > regularely...
How about using the shade plugin: http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-shade-plugin Niall > The origin of the problem is that the Java JDK does not exhibit a Base64 > coder/decoder (it's not visible, but it exists), so there was a need for > something available on ASL license. > > FYI, we at directory have forked the code too, and never touched it back. > It's around 200 lines of code. > > Anyway, we can discuss it and make a decision. > > -- > -- > cordialement, regards, > Emmanuel Lécharny > www.iktek.com > directory.apache.org > > >
