Hi, On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 10:58 AM, Yann Chevalier <y...@baao.com> wrote: > I'm a old user of the Apache Tomcat project (like a lot of Flex devs I > suppose). > I'm surprised by the fact that Apache doesn't release official binaries. > > If you go for example here : http://tomcat.apache.org/download-70.cgi, you > have a binary distribution...
Yes, but it's not a "release" according to the definition at http://www.apache.org/dev/release.html#what , it's a "convenience binary package". If someone wants to make absolutely sure they get the real thing, they should build the software from source - which few people in the Java world do, but is quite common for C-based code for example. This was recently discussed/clarified on the general@incubator.a.o list, and the goal is for projects to clarify their procedures accordingly, so I think it's good for Flex to use the right practices right away. -Bertrand
