on 4/4/02 2:52 PM, "Jason van Zyl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> They are not using CVS for their distribution mechanism > and I would be curious as to know why as they obviously have a model > that works. I believe that CPAN is release oriented so they don't need to do that. Jakarta development tends to be CVS HEAD oriented because most people doing development try to keep CVS HEAD relatively stable. Gump also attempts to enforce that practice. Also, Jakarta development tends to be more bleeding edge and with so many components depending on specific features in so many other components, it tends to make sense to use CVS HEAD. I also like bucking the age old development trend of using only released software. :-) I believe that coding around released software bugs or adding features in a local package instead of a general package is worse than simply fixing the bug or adding the feature and updating the jar. -jon -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
