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 >> > >--- >This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >https://www.avast.com/antivirus >
