Very funny, Will :D
If every library needed special treatment it would _add_ up to a big deal;
that is why there is push-back.
On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 1:47 AM, Will Hartung <[email protected]>wrote:
>
> On Feb 12, 2010, at 10:55 AM, Brandon Atkinson wrote:
>
> > Nathan,
> >
> > I agree, and my employer has a repository manager that proxies for
> > repo1.
> > We have installed artifacts manually. It is the exception, not the
> > rule.
> >
> > If I had to sell Stripes to my boss, installing every new release
> > manually would be a considerable mark against adoption.
> > If the community is okay with that, that is their choice. I'm just
> > voicing this fact, and trying to give leads to a possible solution.
>
> Far be it for me to know anything about Maven, and how the public
> repos work. I only know enough about Maven that I've not been
> motivated to use it in my work, just never been compelling to me.
>
> But Stripes has, effectively, no dependencies, especially not today. I
> mean, sure, it depends on Commons Logging, like every other public
> package on the planet. It also leverages cos.jar or Apaches file
> upload, which is another common, ubiquitous library.
>
> Other than those, it's a single jar.
>
> And the concept that this single jar, and that there is some
> bureaucratic hurdle that it must leap before it can be put in to a
> local repository, that's just amazing.
>
> Not to mention keeping up with the sedate release cycles of Stripes.
> Is that really a deal breaker? That the only official sources are
> these public repositories?
>
> I mean, seriously, "installing every new release manually would be a
> considerable mark against adoption". Omega Mike Golf! The crushing
> burden of keeping up with a SINGLE jar file that gets updated, what,
> every 6 months? Why, the paperwork alone must take weeks. That would
> deter me as well.
>
> I know the admins at my office have such overwhelming workloads that
> asking something this complicated would be met with just outright
> laughter and derision. Visions of this
> http://www.officeplayground.com/You-Want-It-When-Sign-P13.aspx
> sign come to mind. Or the "Brother where art thou" quote: "Why, what
> a geographical oddity! Two weeks from everywhere!".
>
> It's probably wise to not use Stripes at all, in that case. Best not
> fight such a byzantine structure.
>
> Regards,
>
> Will Hartung
>
>
>
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