It would... Many of the issues about distribution would automatically be solved if Maven were used.
<disclaimer>I'm a Maven zealot</disclaimer> On Nov 4, 2011, at 8:17 AM, Mark wrote: > In regards to the size of the distribution, wouldn't a mavenized build help > with this? > > On 11/4/11 7:42 AM, Alan D. Cabrera wrote: >> On Nov 4, 2011, at 7:29 AM, Chris Burroughs wrote: >> >>> On 11/03/2011 03:41 PM, Alan D. Cabrera wrote: >>>> Zowie. Look at all these jars that I have to make sure are kosher to >>>> distribute: >>>> >>>> >>>> Can someone help me? >>>> >>> Assuming we can cut down on the boot/test jars. All we need is a table >>> of "jar-name,licence", correct? >> As far as the number of jars I am only concerned with regard to the size of >> the distribution, 50M. That seems excessive to me and provides no real >> value given that the consumers of the distribution can easily build the >> product themselves. >> >> With that said, yes, it would be helpful of there was a list: >> >> jar name, license, URL that indicates the license for the jar >> >> >> Regards, >> Alan >>