Hi Vladimir, On Sun, May 14, 2023 at 5:32 PM Vladimir Sitnikov <sitnikov.vladi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> the current "source" release for Xalan contains **a lot** of compiled > binaries in the source package. > According to > https://www.apache.org/legal/release-policy.html#source-packages, a release > SHOULD not contain compiled code. If I may, I'd like to refer to following document : https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2119.txt, which I believe is commonly followed to specify the phrases like (copied from this referred link) "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" within much of web standards and other software technical literature. This cited ietf rfc further says, <quote> SHOULD NOT This phrase, or the phrase "NOT RECOMMENDED" mean that there may exist valid reasons in particular circumstances when the particular behavior is acceptable or even useful, but the full implications should be understood and the case carefully weighed before implementing any behavior described with this label. MUST NOT This phrase, or the phrase "SHALL NOT", mean that the definition is an absolute prohibition of the specification. </quote> Therefore, I feel that, XalanJ src distribution may contain 'compiled code', if that is useful for XalanJ users. -- Regards, Mukul Gandhi --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@xalan.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@xalan.apache.org
