On 30/03/06, Phil Steitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 3/29/06, Henri Yandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 3/29/06, Sandy McArthur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 3/29/06, Henri Yandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 3/29/06, Sandy McArthur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On 3/29/06, Rahul Akolkar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Or maybe we should simply advertise the dependencies pages better? > > > > > > > > > > Dependencies should be listed on the download page. The mind set of > > > > > someone wanting to to use a component is and I know this from having > > > > > done it a dozen or so times: > > > > > > > > I've come to believe that dependencies should be included in the > > > > distribution. Also that we shouldn't bother with binary and source > > > > distributions anymore; be like tapestry/hivemind (I think they're the > > > > ones) and have just the one dist file. > > > > > > I'm almost cool with that. I'd be happy with a full download > > > (binary.jar, sources, docs, etc) and just the raw binary.jar > > > > > > 85% of the time downloading the binary distrobution is just an extra > > > step to get to what I want: the binary.jar > > > > Yeah, +1. > > > > I tend to go to ibiblio to get downloads half the time now; sad :) > > Definitely valuable to be able to download just the jar, especially > > for Commons things. > > If you don't like ibiblio, you can of course always use > http://www.apache.org/dist/java-repository/ > > Bundling dependencies is a last century waste of bandwidth, IMHO. I > agree though that making it clear what they are is important. Might > we worth a maven ticket to get them moved up in the default nav . I > vaguely remember this being discussed before either here or on > maven-user. >
+1 Why not include it in the Download section of the navigation - e.g: Download * Releases (mirrored) * Nightly snapshots + Dependencies --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]