Le 08/05/2017 à 10:03, Emilian Bold a écrit : >> I suppose there's a small number of exceptions to this rule for things > like well-known build launchers but if such exceptions are required > they should be carefully considered and documented. > > I would for vote for the launchers being an exception. Platform apps will > struggle being cross-platform if they need various OSes to build the > launchers. > > So, I want to have the code for the launchers in the repository, but also > pre-built convenience binaries since they change extremely rarely and they > are a drag to generate yourself.
FTR, we use an (old and AL 2.0 license compatible) installer, tanuki, at ApacheDS. It's part of the source package, in order to be able to generate installers. Now, the key here is to be sure that such binary are générating installers that abide completely with The ASf requirement : ie, they should contain the required N&L files, and they should also be AL 2.0 compatible, as all thedependencies they contain. And thsi is where it's getting cmplicated, because they are binaries... -- Emmanuel Lecharny Symas.com directory.apache.org
