Craig R. McClanahan wrote:
> As we move towards a 1.0 release of Struts (really! :-), one of the
> things I am cleaning up is the way that binary distributions are
> packaged. Currently, we follow the typical Jakarta pattern of including
> the source code for Struts in the binary distribution (in the "etc",
> "src", and "web" directories), as well as in a separate download.
>
> My question is, do people find the fact that the binary distribution
> includes source code useful, or would it be OK to just point you at the
> download URL for the source distribution if you want it? For recent
> builds, this would cut the size of the binary distribution by about one
> third.
>
> I'm fine with doing it either way, but wanted to get some feedback from
> the community before making a final decision.
>
> Craig
I have always used the src to point JBuilder's debugger at, but I have
never had a problem with downloading the source separately from the
binary, so I would say drop it, unless you are moving source around or
transforming in some way so as to prevent comprehension by a debugger or
some other tool.
Scott