So how can I formally request that this be a requirement in future builds - and possibly get something for 2.1.4 as well.
Suppose I was to deploy my product now base on 2.1.4 and I didn't capture all the source for the dependent components and in 6 months or so a bug is reported. To debug the problem I could need the source for anything that might be involved. If I didn't have the foresight to grab the source now I'd be SOL if the component in question had done anything to their cvs repository. So obviously, I want to grab the source for each of the components Cocoon uses when I upgrade to a new Cocoon version. This is pretty easy for formally released components - I just go to their website and download the corresponding zip file. But for snapshots Cocoon really is the owner of the exact source used. So it should be zipped up and available from Cocoon's website. At least, that's my opinion. Ralph -----Original Message----- From: Geoff Howard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 10:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: excalibur-component Unfortunately, that's probably exactly what you'll need to do. I don't recall whether there was a consensus on keeping the sources with the snapshots but I think you're right about that. Unfortunately, consensus that something should happen does not translate always to action - especially when there is no formal [VOTE] thread. Sorry about that - I think it's a pain too. However, the chance that you could do a checkout by date and get different sources is a lower probability threat - you can review the commit logs (many of them are sent to a publicly archived mail list such as [EMAIL PROTECTED]) and usually determine with confidence that what you have is correct. The big arguments in favor of the source-snapshot were: 1) firewall cvs checkout problems 2) cvs history lost by repository reshuffling. The second won't be a problem with recent snapshots. Of course, maybe Carsten did do a source snapshot of those projects but he just did the release. Most of those were probably checked in before the release and before that discussion. Geoff
