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Robert Joseph Evans commented on STORM-1213:
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How is having a binary different from having a gif or a png in a release?
Especially a png generated from something else like an SVG file, which we have
had in the past for the docs? If you want to break windows I am not going to
stand in your way, but it would be nice to know some more details about what
constitutes a "source only release".
> Remove sigar binaries from source tree
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>
> Key: STORM-1213
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/STORM-1213
> Project: Apache Storm
> Issue Type: Bug
> Affects Versions: 0.11.0
> Reporter: P. Taylor Goetz
> Assignee: P. Taylor Goetz
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> In {{external/storm-metrics}} sigar native binaries were added to the source
> tree. Since Apache releases are source-only, these binaries can't be included
> in a release.
> My initial thought was just to exclude the binaries from the source
> distribution, but that would mean that distributions built from a source
> tarball would not match the convenience binaries from a release (the sigar
> native binaries would not be included.
> The solution I came up with was to leverage the fact that pre-built native
> binaries are included in the sigar maven distribution
> ({{sigar-x.x.x-native.jar}}) and use the maven dependency plugin to unpack
> them into place during the build, rather than check them into git. One
> benefit is that it will ensure the versions of the sigar jar and the native
> binaries match. Another is that mavens checksum/signature checking mechanism
> will also be applied.
> This isn't an ideal solution since the {{sigar-x.x.x-native.jar}} only
> includes binaries for linux, OSX, and solaris (notably missing windows DLLs),
> whereas the non-maven sigar download includes support for a wider range of
> OSes and architectures.
> I view this as an interim measure until we can find a better way to include
> the native binaries in the build process, rather than checking them into the
> source tree -- which would be a blocker for releasing.
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