GitHub releases not only consist of the packed sources but you
can also manually add files (and even a changelog).

I think it's an ideal place to provide (minified) bundles for the user
of the library.

See: https://github.com/blog/1547-release-your-software

Thomas


On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 11:04 AM, Tankred Hase <[email protected]> wrote:
> 2014/1/5 Sean Colyer <[email protected]>:
>> What's the advantage of removing openpgp.js and openpgp.min.js?
>>
>> I think it makes more sense to provide people with something ready to use
>> rather than requiring them to build it. Providing minified libraries seems
>> the de facto standard for js libraries.
>
> I agree in terms of ease of use when providing a prebuilt lib. But
> there are two downsides:
>
> 1. It bloats the git repo unnecessarily (not a huge problem in my opinion).
>
> 2. The build/commit workflow has to be done manually by every
> developer that commits a change. Some may forget to build, which will
> lead to inconsistencies.
>
> All in all I think it shouldn't be too much of a burden to users if
> the build process is well documented in the README.md and is painless.
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