OK, we'll see if anyone else needs the old packages.  Because this is open
source, anyone, even you, can become the supplier of such a package.
Convenience binaries are not official Apache releases, only the source
package is, because there is no easy way to certify the contents of
binaries.

-Alex

On 4/17/16, 9:56 PM, "Lou" <[email protected]> wrote:

>Well I'm not complaining (okay, I suppose I was a little), but there are
>probably cases where Maven/Ant aren't being used (Gradle?), although Ant
>is fairly universal.  There are definitely cases where these tools cannot
>connect directly (think secure corporate networks with aggressive
>firewall rules, or even no Internet access at all).  It would be the
>preference for us (w/MD5s of course), but I understand the challenges.
>The assumption that everyone is using Maven and can build themselves is
>far better than "nobody cares" enough for binaries!
>
>-- 
>Lou
>
>On Mon, 18 Apr 2016 04:18:26 +0000
>Alex Harui <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> 
>> 
>> On 4/16/16, 3:34 PM, "Lou" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> >I noticed that Apache doesn't do convenience binaries for Blaze (is it
>> >due to infrequent use?)
>> 
>> Do you mean a package of files similar to how Adobe shipped BlazeDS?  I
>> think we thought just about every BlazeDS user was using Maven.  Anyone
>> who prefers the package of files please speak up.  We can certainly
>> release a similar package of files, but in theory, you can also build
>>that
>> package yourself.  I think the Ant files are in the source package to
>> create a similar package, and if not, maybe you can help us make it so.
>> 
>> Let us know if you can't use Ant to build such a package.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> -Alex
>> 
>
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