Re: Sources in Binary Distributions

[Dmitri Colebatch]

I'd like to second that.  I am currently not involved in any active
development, but looking at sources contained in a binary dist is
certainly the first step towards getting involved (its on my list (o:  )

cheers
dim

Fabien Le Floc'h wrote:
> 
> As a tomcat user, I am not so enthousiast about your idea of removing the sources 
>from the binaries.
> 
> Almost every user download only the binaries. Having the sources inside means 
>bringing more developers to the Tomcat project, just because it will be easier to 
>take a look at the sources (since it is already installed in their tomcat dir). The 
>more you look at the sources, the more you are likely to be involved.
> 
> The sources are only about 2MB and 1 directory. It is anything but a mess on the 
>harddisk. Furthermore it is the exact sources for the particular binary the user has, 
>not some more recent or older sources.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Fabien