On Sun, 8 Apr 2001, Vincent Massol wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Geir Magnusson Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 12:20 AM
> Subject: Re: File directory structure for jakarta-commons
>
>
> > Vincent Massol wrote:
> > >
> > > > commons-cactus-20010408.tar.gz
> > >
> > > I'm not sure what you imagined inside this tar. I wanted to deliver the
> > > following files (extract from the Cactus web site) :
> > >
> > > "
> > > Here follows the list of files that you can download :
> > > - cactus-<servletapi>-<version>.jar : the Cactus framework runtime jar
> for a
> > > given servlet API,
> > > - cactus-ant-<version>.jar : some custom Ant tasks that are helpful for
> > > automating running Cactus unit tests. Especially the runservertests
> which
> > > automagically start a servlet engine, run the Cactus tests against it
> and
> > > stop the server once it is finished,
> > > - cactus-sample-<servletapi>-<version>.zip : a Cactus Sample application
> > > that shows how to write Cactus tests and how to run and deploy them in a
> > > servlet engine using Ant,
> > > - cactus-doc-<servletapi>-<version>.zip : Cactus documentation for a
> given
> > > servlet API. It contains the javadoc and a local copy of the Cactus web
> > > site,
> > > - cactus-src-<version>.zip : full Cactus sources,
> > > - ant.zip : a prepackaged version of Ant, which contains all needed
> external
> > > jars for tasks used by Cactus build files. This is not a compulsory
> download
> > > but it makes it easier for installing Ant and preparing it for Cactus.
> This
> > > file is only delivered for releases (and not for nightly builds).
> > > "
> > >
> > > Delivering a single file means including all these files. However, they
> will
> > > not be of use to everyone. Some only want to get the latest runtime
> jars,
> > > others the doc, others the sample, ....
> > >
> >
> > I would still deliver one big bag, and let people get what they want
> > from that. Will make user support easier if you can ask which nightly
> > or release the little part they have a problem with came from.
> >
>
> Yes, I get you but I guess I still feel awkward about enforcing a download
> of a few megs when my runtime jar is only 50 or so kilobytes ...
> Could we try with several files first (of course, each file either has a
> version postfixed - for releases - or a date stamp - for nightlies -) and do
> a single zip later if we find problems with that ?
>
> > geir
>
> Thanks
> Vincent
>
>
The Jakarta "tradition" is all-in-one distributions, and I think we should
respect that for those who want it. (In addition, a source distro that is
essentially a mirror of CVS is generally provided.)
Because this subproject is designed to produce small independent JARs as
well, I think we should offer that *in addition* to the all-in-one
downloads.
What I really don't want to see is the *lack* of an all-in-one download,
forcing me to make multiple downloads if I really do want everything.
Craig
