On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 12:52 AM, Justin Mclean <jus...@classsoftware.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > > Javascript code that is minified or combined in any major way is much > more > > like binary code in that respect. It is true that somebody *could* > inspect > > the correlation, but it is not true that this inspection is either > normally > > done or easily done. > > Thanks Ted I’ve not thought of it in that way before. I've seen several > source releases that include minified javascript I'm just curious what > people think about this. > > Do people think it OK to include minified JS in a source release if: > 1. It's ASF developed code and the full unminified source code is included > as well. > I would much rather simply provide instructions for creating the minified version. > 2. The minified JS is 3rd party code, is identified by version (and thus > can be checked via a comparison with the canonical minified version) > Why does this need to be included at all? Why not just provide a pointer to the canonical minified version?
