On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 2:26 PM, Christopher <[email protected]> wrote:
> Why do we need the version part of the filename in $ACCUMULO_HOME/lib? > > It seems to me that it would be cleaner to unpack the tarball on top > of an existing $ACCUMULO_HOME/ and overwrite the jars in lib/. > Do we want to encourage unpacking the tarball on top of an existing installation? This seems like something that could be error-prone. I prefer keeping separate directories for each installation and symlinking the one I want to use to my standard ACCUMULO_HOME. Billie > > For the RPM/DEB, the versions of the files are tracked in the RPMDB > (or equivalent DEB database), so they aren't needed there either. > > It would make our scripts slightly more manageable (files have a > predictable name that doesn't need to be updated each version). > > I'm curious what the argument(s) against dropping the version from the > jars in lib/ are. > > The way we copy jars currently to lib/ is with the > maven-dependency-plugin, and that already has a built-in feature to > drop the version part of the filename when it copies. It seems to make > sense, and I see no argument against it. > > -- > Christopher L Tubbs II > http://gravatar.com/ctubbsii >
