Hi all, I think that Niclas proposal is good,. Maybe we could write in download page (or near it) that the binary distribution is very small because it contains only usage/install info) mainly to avoid questions for wrong or damaged zip files.
Bye, Sandro Il 13/Apr/2017 18:50, "Paul Merlin" <[email protected]> ha scritto: Niclas Hedhman a écrit : > Gang, > > What is the purpose of the binary distribution? From ASF's point of view, > it is nothing more than "convenience" and we are not required to distribute > it. Which raises the question, What is convenient for Polygene developers? > > > 1. Maven Central - absolutely convenient > > 2. Offline development by receiving a full Maven repository, installable > locally or on an in-premise repository, such as Nexus. > > 3. Tools that 'just works' > > > So, for 1, there is no debate, we have that covered. > > The current binary only contains org.apache.polygene artifacts, none of the > dependencies, so 2 is a hybrid of "get everything from us, but you need > everything else from Maven Central". So what's the point. I don't think the > current binary provides that "offline" convenience at all. > > And we currently don't have any tools that justifies a binary tarball. > > > It feels 'empty'. Although the full documentation is cool, we have > versioned documentation online, which is cooler. > > > And question is also, how do we provide the polygene yeoman generator to > make it neat. > > > One drastic idea, since people like to download bin distros, just put > inside a README with install instructions of the polygene yeoman generator, > and nothing else. > > > I think I am on the brink of; Let's not distribute -bin until we have more > executable tools (model viewer for instance). We also save some headache on > what needs to go into NOTICE and LICENSE files. > > > Opinions? > > Cheers Yeah, -bin is pretty useless as it is. As far as I am concerned, we can skip it until it makes more sense.
