Use B and M.

On Tue, Oct 27, 2026, 12:43 PM Martijn Dashorst <[email protected]> wrote:

> In order to streamline our release process, I am curious if anyone
> downloads the binary distributions we prepare with every release. The
> reason is that Apache projects in principle only publish source code, for
> the public good, endorsed by a Project Management Committee (PMC), and
> governed by strict foundation-wide policies. So the binaries are
> non-official releases in Apache terms, but merely for convenience (so you
> don't  have to build from source).
>
> We have:
> A - source distribution (apache-wicket-10.11.0.zip)
> B - binary distribution (apache-wicket-10.11.0-bin.zip), also known as
> convenience binaries
> M - maven packages (everything that goes to maven central), also
> convenience binaries and source jars
>
> Does anyone use A, B and/or M?
>
> Thanks for providing your insights.
>
> Martijn
>

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