I'm sure this isn't applicable to all distros but for executable jar files, it 
might be good to bundle all dependent jars within the distro jar and make their 
classes available via the manifest.

James Strachan wrote:
> Just a thought; I'm just about to hack the jelly build so that the binary
> distro comes with a lib directory containing all the jars it depends on.
> 
> I just wondered; should the binary distro of maven projects come with a lib
> directory and all the jars they depend on? The source distro obviously
> wouldn't need this - but non Maven or Ant users might like all the jars
> inside an (admittedly large) binary distro?
> 
> Right now the binary and source distros are pretty similar - maybe this
> could be the main difference, the inclusion of dependent jars? Thoughts?
> 
> James
> 
> 
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