It's nice to deliver libraries with source available to help people debug. But instead of putting the source in the same jar, it's better to put it in a second jar with a _src suffix. E.g. foo.jar and foo_src.jar.
On Oct 2, 1:39 am, Robert Mark Bram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > which app server was this? tomcat, jboss, ...? > > WebSphere 5 > > > this is a good practice in environments without good change management, > > where sometimes knowing exactly *which* source version is in prod is > > impossible or at least very difficult. Of course if there's good change > > management then you don't need to package source in this manner... :-) > > When I first started doing it, I was working for an organisation that > didn't have that good change management, so we needed to have this > kind of 'ultimate proof' of what was there.. > > Later, I started thinking it is also good manners as a programmer, so > the source can always be seen in a war etc. > > Rob > :) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
