>And yet the symlinks are managed at the OS level - in this case, >Fedora's PackageKit. See previous message. Users who want specific >versions can point directly to those versions, and users who only want >the most recent point to the symlink.
OK, but that option is not available to all users (possibly the majority). The fundamental question is: what problem does embedding the version number in the JAR file names actually solve? The only arguments I've seen so far are: - it allows a developer to easily see which version is in use - OK, but the directory-based approach also offers this - it allows us to more easily install to RedHat Linux - OK, but our primary use cases are web deployment via applets or Web Start, not native RedHat installations The main argument I have against it is that it creates more work for developers. RedHat library issues aside, what do we actually lose by not including the version numbers in the file names?
