Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-jakarta-tomcat-dev-archive@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 59980 invoked by uid 500); 2 Aug 2001 00:41:48 -0000 Mailing-List: contact tomcat-dev-help@jakarta.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Reply-To: tomcat-dev@jakarta.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list tomcat-dev@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 59971 invoked from network); 2 Aug 2001 00:41:47 -0000 To: tomcat-dev@jakarta.apache.org Subject: Re: Sources in Binary Distributions References: <5C565A580330D411835300B0D0215F990493DA13@mail2.motive.com> From: Fabien Le Floc'h Date: 01 Aug 2001 17:39:12 -0700 In-Reply-To: <5C565A580330D411835300B0D0215F990493DA13@mail2.motive.com> Message-ID: Lines: 9 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/20.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam-Rating: h31.sny.collab.net 1.6.2 0/1000/N 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