Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@www.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@www.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A5C6073AA for ; Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:33:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 74063 invoked by uid 500); 21 Nov 2011 17:33:08 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 73909 invoked by uid 500); 21 Nov 2011 17:33:08 -0000 Mailing-List: contact general-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: general@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list general@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 73901 invoked by uid 99); 21 Nov 2011 17:33:08 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:33:08 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.5 required=5.0 tests=FREEMAIL_FROM,HTML_MESSAGE,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: domain of akarasulu@gmail.com designates 74.125.82.43 as permitted sender) Received: from [74.125.82.43] (HELO mail-ww0-f43.google.com) (74.125.82.43) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:33:00 +0000 Received: by wwp14 with SMTP id 14so10630610wwp.0 for ; Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:32:40 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=anXy5KTJBUAMcAhOaF2W4RVrBjfwv82yw80ytvLeKHk=; b=MzrGQRuQ82/9BQsrYawuW2OUt4a7mXfP4eKMMYL4frdAen2h8KKFq8qinZIn1OuPlO BIC9amf10b22Y+ZPBFMHAg/NVHM4qmVX3+cNHgwUIwm9+x6fV9honh8fLa4jvxV1kLyM orzx7gMr1sUgzPlrGrzBdNKYWnUbdwPPC2W8g= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.230.207 with SMTP id j57mr2320584weq.0.1321896760239; Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:32:40 -0800 (PST) Sender: akarasulu@gmail.com Received: by 10.180.105.193 with HTTP; Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:32:40 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <7267349D-18FB-45A0-83A4-23A9298CD450@luminis.nl> <4ECA6827.5010307@ungoverned.org> <1321889485.23834.YahooMailNeo@web160920.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> <1321890243.55791.YahooMailNeo@web160905.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> <1321890539.22540.YahooMailNeo@web160906.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> <1321891363.50085.YahooMailNeo@web160918.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:32:40 +0200 X-Google-Sender-Auth: uCnnpvFcFqGNqI0V3NpISyKBQKE Message-ID: Subject: Re: Fw: [VOTE] Graduate ACE from the Apache Incubator From: Alex Karasulu To: general@incubator.apache.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0016e649cffad2e6ec04b24212bf X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org --0016e649cffad2e6ec04b24212bf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 7:26 PM, Guillaume Nodet wrote: > That's really a good question. I'm using apache projects a lot but I've > never downloaded a single source release since ages, mostly using svn to > checkout / build, or maven source jars for debugging within the ide as you > said. > I know it's a requirement, but it's not very useful for certain kind of > projects imho.. > > Plus if I am going to make a bug fix or add a feature that I intend to contribute back I will do it as a diff patch which I generate from version control. So having the sources in a release is worthless for me. Knowing the tag is what I need to work the source, produce a patch and submit that back to the community. Regards, Alex --0016e649cffad2e6ec04b24212bf--