On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 12:57 AM, Phil Steitz <phil.ste...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/12/13, 6:50 PM, Gary Gregory wrote: > > Hi All: > > > > We talk on and off as to how painful it is to release components. > > > > One of these pains is that we distribute to multiple places: An Apache > > "dist" folder and the Apache Maven repository. > > > > Clearly, Maven is here to stay. > > > > So why not deploy the -src and -bin files to Maven and forget about > dist. A > > URL is a URL, what do users care is the URL points deep into "dist" or > our > > Maven repo. I for one, need the -bin zips for certain Apache projects > > (JMeter, ActiveMQ) so my Ant Ivy builds can download and install them. > > > > I know we have some legal requirements to host at least the sources and > > that we provide binaries as a "courtesy" but does it matter _where_ the > > files are on Apache servers? > > The releases need to be mirrored. That's what dist is for. > How is this not the same thing that happens with the Maven repo, which is mirrored all over as well? Please educate/correct me. Thank you, Gary > > Phil > > > > Thoughts? > > > > Gary > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > -- E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition<http://www.manning.com/bauer3/> JUnit in Action, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/tahchiev/> Spring Batch in Action <http://www.manning.com/templier/> Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com Home: http://garygregory.com/ Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory
