On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Jon Stevens wrote:
> on 7/19/01 10:58 PM, "Craig R. McClanahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I'm positive Jon will be +1 for this :-), but I'm very -1 for reasons that
> > have been discussed at length on this and other lists in the past.
> > Storing JAR files is evil, because it creates dependencies on those
> > particular versions of the JAR files and you cannot reliably recreate a
> > release purely from sources.
>
> In the case of Catalina, I'm against it since you have setup a system of
> defining things in the build.properties file and requiring people to already
> download a ton of other stuff anyway.
>
> The next logical step is to use Geir's JJAR (look in the
> jakarta-commons-sandbox) to automatically download the right .jar files for
> you.
>
Yep.
> > Actually, Jon's suggestion is the right answer.
> >
> > Craig McClanahan
>
> I'm going to print that quote (taken entirely out of context) out and frame
> it next to my JSP Sucks article. :-)
>
> <http://jakarta.apache.org/~jon/jdj_julycover.jpg>
>
That's why I even autographed it for you :-)
> -jon
>
Craig
