I think shipping the jar files is a great convenience for everyone, specially for non programmers who want to use DSpace out-of-the-box. And for that matter, the versions of the jar files shipped in DSpace are fine. Usually, any trouble will arise only when you try to expand Dspace functionality (in my case, changing media filter to open encrypted files using pre determined passwords). In those cases I think we can assume a programmer who understands the code and the limits/problems of the libraries and therefore can fetch a newer version if that suits him.
Regards, Afonso Araujo Neto -----Mensagem original----- De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Em nome de James Rutherford Enviada em: sexta-feira, 2 de março de 2007 11:04 Para: [email protected] Assunto: Re: [Dspace-tech] Those old JARs [was Re: MediaFilter error 1.4.1] On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 08:43:08AM -0500, Mark H. Wood wrote: > On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 09:14:42PM -0300, Afonso Comba de Araujo Neto wrote: > > And you must also download the latest version of pdfbox.jar (more > > specifically 0.7.4) at http://www.pdfbox.org/dist/. > > > > The current 0.7.3 shipped in DSpace have a bug concerning encrypted > > files, which is corrected in the latest (unofficial) version. > > This provides a hook for a question I've meant to ask for some time, > which probably exposes my ignorance of the Java Way. > > Does the product *have* to ship with a gaggle of third-party JARs that > are often backlevel by the time we get them? In a word, probably. It is mostly done this way (I assume) for convenience. There's nothing to stop you doing this for yourself; if you want it self-managed, then you already know what to do. My expectation is that if we stopped shipping any JARs we'd get a rather significant backlash. Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
