From: "robert burrell donkin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > between open source projects. there are a few of ASF projects who are > refusing to use any jakarta commons components on principle now for > this reason. (they want small, tight libraries.) Can you specify which? This has been mentioned before without clarity.
Stephen > On 3 May 2004, at 00:41, Stephen Colebourne wrote: > > > So what problem are we solving? Adding extra jar files alongside the > > complete built one creates classpath problems for users, an old > > version of > > the 'all' jar overriding a later version of the 'part' jar or vice > > versa. > > General chaos and confusion. > > > > People so have the ability to build their own jar files with just the > > classes they need. > > > > Oh, and I'd also suggest that more jar files does involve more work > > (maintaining and releasing), and there's a distinct lack of active > > committers on collections as it is ;-) > > > > Stephen > > > >> On 24 Apr 2004, at 04:33, Craig R. McClanahan wrote: > >>> A neat ideal, but perceptions of "really common" versus "rarely used" > >>> seem to be awfully personal. Kinda reminds me of earlier commons-dev > >>> discussions trying to create a "commons core" JAR that included all > >>> of > >>> the "really common" commons JARs, and none of the others. Needless > >>> to > >>> say, there was no consensus on what the contents should be :-). > > > > From: "robert burrell donkin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> i wonder whether it might be possible to separate out a core jar > >> containing just the basic interfaces and then split the > >> implementations > >> into several themed jars. i still think that this should be in > >> addition > >> to releasing a single jar containing everything, though. > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
