At 8:27 AM -0500 2/21/02, Glen Daniels wrote: >Axis contains an org.apache.axis.Version class, which has a >getVersionString() method and a main() which prints the version info >to System.out. The version string comes from a resource file, and >is automatically updated by our ant build each time the jar is put >together. Being a SOAP engine, we also expose a SOAP service called >"Version" which allows remote querying of the Axis version. >
All of which is well and good, but doesn't really help me when I'm looking at my ext directory in Explorer and trying to figure out which jar I've got or whether I'm replacing it with which version. This is especially true since I've got dozens of jar archives and although many do something like this, no two do it the same way. All I'm asking for is that the version number be clearly placed in the filename where everyone can see it immediately; e.g. axis-1.0.jar, axis-2.0b2.jar, etc. In a few cases it's also necessary for the distributor to be included as well; for instance sun-jce-1.3.jar, cryptix-jce-1.3.jar, etc. It's a minor point, but I don't think it will hurt anybody; it isn't hard to implement; and it even if it only saves developers a few minutes a week, that time adds up when summed over all the developers who use these jars. -- +-----------------------+------------------------+-------------------+ | Elliotte Rusty Harold | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Writer/Programmer | +-----------------------+------------------------+-------------------+ | The XML Bible, 2nd Edition (Hungry Minds, 2001) | | http://www.ibiblio.org/xml/books/bible2/ | | http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0764547607/cafeaulaitA/ | +----------------------------------+---------------------------------+ | Read Cafe au Lait for Java News: http://www.cafeaulait.org/ | | Read Cafe con Leche for XML News: http://www.ibiblio.org/xml/ | +----------------------------------+---------------------------------+ --------------------------------------------------------------------- In case of troubles, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
