----- Original Message ----- From: "Costin Manolache" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 5:10 PM Subject: Re: What does the repository enable?
> On Sat, 8 Mar 2003, Ted Leung wrote: > > > 1. Be able to download the jars that a project needs in order to get built > > 2. Be able to download the jars that a project need in order to run > > 2+. Be able to support upgrades/updates ( including checking if any fix is > available ) > > > 3. Be able to generate the correct classpath so that a project can run > > Not sure the repository can generate the classpath - the project should do > it. The repository shouldn't make it very difficult to manage the > classpath or impose too much pain on the projects. > I actually have some code that encodes jar dependencies in the jar manifest, grabs the jars and builds a classpath. It's up at http://www.sauria.com/~twl/code/java/jardeps.jar. I don't care if we use the code or not -- I was just trying to see what would and would not work. Ted
