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----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Struts Developers List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 4:55 PM
Subject: Re: Contrib packages in 1.2.7
On 5/18/05, Niall Pemberton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The situation is consistent with previous releases. Contrib was first
included in Struts 1.1 and both the Struts 1.1 and Struts 1.2.4 releases
have only struts-el in the contrib folder of the binary distro - but a
complete copy of the whole of what was in CVS contrib in the source distro.
Well, to be truly consistent, we would have a complete copy of contrib in the 1.2.7 source distribution, then, right? ;-)
The inconsitency was with versions such as 1.2.6 where "contrib" was missing
from the source distro. I did consult on this issue and what should be
included in the source distro "contrib" folder in the following thread
before doing the 1.2.7 release and would be disappointed if that now caused
an issue since people had an opportunity to raise any concerns then.
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg08968.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg08977.html
I'm sorry, I completely missed the point in that thread about these changes happening in the source distribution only. When I saw messages such as this one (from the same thread):
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg08970.html
I just assumed that it was being built, as well as being included with the sources. If I had realised it was only being included in source form, then I would indeed have raised my concerns then. Frankly, I see little reason to include anything in the source distribution that isn't being included, in binary form, in the binary distribution. I suspect that's why we only included the EL sources in 1.2.6, too.
Since I only have myself to blame for not reading the thread closely enough, I think I'll step back and let other folks decide what to do with 1.2.7.
-- Martin Cooper
Niall
----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 6:30 PM
We seem to have a slightly odd situation in 1.2.7 with respect to the inclusion of contrib packages. In the binary distribution, we have struts-el, while in the source distribution, we have struts-chain, struts-el and struts-faces. My expectation would have been that whatever we provide in the source distribution would also be provided in the binary distribution.
I can't decide how serious I think this is. On the one hand, it's a contrib issue, meaning that it shouldn't be that big of a deal. On the other hand, I feel uneasy with the idea of having a GA release that has known packaging issues.
What do other folks think?
-- Martin Cooper
PS - This is the only issue that we (at my day job) have found with 1.2.7 so far.
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