Jason van Zyl ha scritto: > On 14 Jun 07, at 2:32 PM 14 Jun 07, Stefano Bagnara wrote: >> >> I have some statistic of downloads for Apache JAMES Server (email >> server). >> >> We distribute both binary and source distributions: >> [...] > > Do you actually deploy with Maven? I imagine you have the standard set > of people debugging the sources. I would say that's the number one use > of source downloads whereas with Maven coupled with doing proper > releases, inside IDEs all current integration pull down the source and > javadoc JARs. This is for Maven itself as well.
No, we don't deploy JAMES Server with maven yet. And you may be right, but I see myself downloading source code of libraries and projects even to see how they are organized and looking around at the code. I often find it more easy/fast than browsing it via web repository explorers or manually checkout them. In the end I think the license requirement is the real main reason to still create source packages, but I would probably release them anyway. Stefano --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
