The java maven build system includes the yuicompressor-maven-plugin to
create minified javascripts to use in the gadget's content, however the
PHP version doesn't have a build system in which i could mirror this
behavior, however i would like to also be able to serve minified
javascript files (on +/- 80k javascript it could make a noticeable
difference).
The options i see at the moment to do this are:
- Create a shell script that creates minified javascript files
(presumable inside of the features tree), this doesn't sound very
elegant and like it would lead to problems in the future though.
- Minify them on the fly as they are used for the first time, and store
them in the data case, this feels like the best option to me.
That would mean to have this working out of the box, i would have to
include a working yuicompressor.jar in shindig, now yuicompressor is
licensed under the BSD license so that should allow for inclusion in the
tree, besides i do believe also having seen jQuery in there which is
dual licensed under the MIT and GPL license (presumably in this case
were counting on its MIT license, which is for all intents and purposes
identical to yuicompressor's license).
So what do you guys think, would it be ok to include the yuicompressor
in the repo?
-- Chris
