On 18 November 2011 15:04, Alan D. Cabrera <l...@toolazydogs.com> wrote: > > On Nov 17, 2011, at 4:44 PM, Kevan Miller wrote: > >> >> On Nov 17, 2011, at 2:10 PM, sebb wrote: >> >>> On 17 November 2011 16:30, Jun Rao <jun...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Sebb, >>>> >>>> Just to want to clarify on the source distribution. It seems there are >>>> other Apache projects that release a single distribution with both source >>>> code and jars. For example, >>>> http://mirror.metrocast.net/apache//zookeeper/zookeeper-3.3.3/ . So, is >>> >>> I don't think that's a good example to follow. >>> >>>> source distribution strictly required? >>> >>> In my opinion, yes. >> >> I agree with Sebb. > > I am still confused. All the source code that is needed to build the product > is in the tgz. Can someone explain how that's not a source distribution?
The way I read the releases page [1] - see last para of section - a binary release is an optional extra which is provided as a separate file. [1] http://www.apache.org/dev/release.html#what > > Regards, > Alan > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
