----- Original Message -----
From: "Geir Magnusson Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 12:20 AM
Subject: Re: File directory structure for jakarta-commons
> Vincent Massol wrote:
> >
> > > commons-cactus-20010408.tar.gz
> >
> > I'm not sure what you imagined inside this tar. I wanted to deliver the
> > following files (extract from the Cactus web site) :
> >
> > "
> > Here follows the list of files that you can download :
> > - cactus-<servletapi>-<version>.jar : the Cactus framework runtime jar
for a
> > given servlet API,
> > - cactus-ant-<version>.jar : some custom Ant tasks that are helpful for
> > automating running Cactus unit tests. Especially the runservertests
which
> > automagically start a servlet engine, run the Cactus tests against it
and
> > stop the server once it is finished,
> > - cactus-sample-<servletapi>-<version>.zip : a Cactus Sample application
> > that shows how to write Cactus tests and how to run and deploy them in a
> > servlet engine using Ant,
> > - cactus-doc-<servletapi>-<version>.zip : Cactus documentation for a
given
> > servlet API. It contains the javadoc and a local copy of the Cactus web
> > site,
> > - cactus-src-<version>.zip : full Cactus sources,
> > - ant.zip : a prepackaged version of Ant, which contains all needed
external
> > jars for tasks used by Cactus build files. This is not a compulsory
download
> > but it makes it easier for installing Ant and preparing it for Cactus.
This
> > file is only delivered for releases (and not for nightly builds).
> > "
> >
> > Delivering a single file means including all these files. However, they
will
> > not be of use to everyone. Some only want to get the latest runtime
jars,
> > others the doc, others the sample, ....
> >
>
> I would still deliver one big bag, and let people get what they want
> from that. Will make user support easier if you can ask which nightly
> or release the little part they have a problem with came from.
>
Yes, I get you but I guess I still feel awkward about enforcing a download
of a few megs when my runtime jar is only 50 or so kilobytes ...
Could we try with several files first (of course, each file either has a
version postfixed - for releases - or a date stamp - for nightlies -) and do
a single zip later if we find problems with that ?
> geir
Thanks
Vincent
