Henri Gomez wrote: >> - the jar names should be fully versioned ( otherwise we can't keep >> more than a version in the dist dir ), and a symbolic link will point to >> the latest release. >> We would have: >> catalina.jar -> catalina-4.1.24.jar >> tomcat-util.jar -> tomcat-util-4.1.24.jar >> etc. > > A big +1, it the way we choose in jPackage project but symlink didn't > works on Windows boxes....
AFAIK all apache mirrors are on Unix machines, and symlinks are already used in the "dist/" ( for -latest.tar.gz ). The links are only used to allow people who want a "latest stable". They can also be augmented with a descriptor ( similar with Apt, etc ) or even multiple descriptors to support a variety of tools. My goal with this proposal was to make it as simple as possible, with the minimum amount of change - just a small incremental addition to the current dist structure. > >> - in tomcat5 we should start including the _major_ version number in the >> jar name: catalina5.jar. A version number should be used whenever we have >> a break in backward compatibility. > > May I suggest : > > catalina5-5.0.1.jar ? Duplicated the 5 doesn't look very good, I don't know any project doing that. The goal is to make it clear that it is a different product, that is not completely backward compatible ( even if we try our best ). There are few linux products that do that ( embed a number in the main name ). An alternative is to have: catalina-5.jar -> catalina-5.0.1.jar and use catalina-5.jar as the name in the distribution. BTW, I am _not_ proposing the use of catalina.5.0.1.jar ( full versioned names ) in the runtime, this is only about distributing .jars as part of the binary release, and if this works we can extend to .war. Costin --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
