On Mar 18, 2011, at 10:00 AM, DM Smith wrote: > > On Mar 17, 2011, at 11:05 PM, Chris Hostetter wrote: > >> >> : The source is because I *think* we are required by the ASF to have >> >> yes. we are. > > Two thoughts on src distribution: > Linux distributions, such as RedHat & Debian, have a policy of building from > pristine source. They want the official source for a release. For them it > needs to be build-able. They don't redistribute the official bin jars. > > For my product usage, I grab the official bin jars and in order to use it > easily use them for development within Eclipse, tie it to the src.zip(s). It > is a tremendous help for that fully vetted and match the bin. I don't need it > to be build-able or have resources, just the code. > > -- DM >
FYI, FWIW: Apache does require that we distrib the src and that it's buildable. - Mark Miller lucidimagination.com Lucene/Solr User Conference May 25-26, San Francisco www.lucenerevolution.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org
