Hi everyone, The ASF only requires that we do src distributions for releases. We also publish our jars to Maven Central. Most of our users get the POI jars via Maven Central.
The poi-bin zip and tgz files are just the jars and some of the dependency jars that they need packaged up. Most bin zips and tgzs include scripts to run applications or examples. I've even used our xmlbeans-bin zip in the past to use the scomp.sh. The reason I ask is that I think we need to update the license details if we keep the poi-bin zip/tgzs. See https://lists.apache.org/thread/v74bft4f66of901hok1ylh49b85lo7cm My feeling is that if we don't need to provide these poi-bin zip/tgz files, then we could get rid of it and simplify the release. To reiterate, the Maven Central publish is useful and I am not suggesting removing this part of the release. Regards, PJ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
