On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Mibu <mibu.cloj...@gmail.com> wrote: > For me as a user, the appeal of contrib was the bundling. ... > If you separate the libs then I can't see a difference or advantage > from the "third party" libs.
When I first started using Clojure, I felt the bundling was very useful. Over time, I've switched to pulling in specific libraries as I need them. Of course, I use a build tool so dependency management is automatic - I can't imagine trying to manage this manually. As for the differentiation between 3rd party libs and contrib, I would say contrib *is* considered 'standard' and it's the proving ground for things that are on a path to becoming core. For me it's like Java-the-language (with a handful of java.lang.* packages 'built-in') vs Java-the-standard-library vs 3rd party Java libraries (so maybe the current/future Clojure situation makes more sense to folks with a Java background than other folks?). -- Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN Railo Technologies, Inc. -- http://getrailo.com/ An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." -- Margaret Atwood -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
