Hi all, We all know that we have a small problem with our packaging of distros. We were telling lot of things about this here and there, but no solid solution so far. So I'd like to propose two things, for you to start with. Do not take these hard and these are just ideas came to my mind which are open to discussion ( Opening up a defensive port ;-) )
1. Shall we not ship modules other than WS-A with Axis2 distros. What I would like to see is, we host our module download page with version numbers as Sanjiva proposing in the other thread. And module authors are responsible for maintaining compatible versions. For example, Security or Sandesha people can announce their own versions or releases with the compatible Axis2 versions. So the proposal is not to ship modules other than WS-A with Axis2 and make the compatible versions downloadable. 2. Shall we make our Axis2.war file a separate download, and not putting it in dist-bin ? Some people may need only the war file and they can download it without downloading the whole dist-bin. One of the things I try to address here is to remove the un-necessary repetition of some jars. For example, the same jar was appearing in more than 3 places some times. So what do you think about these two ideas and what are the other things you think suitable for us ? I hope this will not be another never ending no solution thread ;-) . -- Chinthaka
