Hi everyone: Even though I'm an intermediate clojure user, I realize there's some basic things I just don't understand about JARs and Leiningen. It seems to me the answers to these questions would make great additions to the Leiningen FAQ (unless I'm the only one boneheaded enough not to be able to figure this stuff out on my own :-)
1. What are the sources used for Leiningen JARs? Clearly, clojars.org is one of the sources, but it is able to also pull in jars not on clojars (such as "org.clojure/clojure 1.2.0") and I can't figure out how it decides where these are pulled from (admittedly, I haven't read the lein source, but it seems there should be documentation on this basic info somewhere without needing to study the source.) 2. Maybe the fact that "org.clojure" appears in this package name means "retrieve this package from the site clojure.org". However, clojure is maintained at github, I don't understand why we'd want to pull anything from clojure.org. Is this JAR stored at clojure.org just as a static file in the root of the site or something? How would I know this file exists and that I can reference it? 3. What is the correct way to know what version numbers to use when referencing JARs for Leiningen? For instance, how would I find know that I can use the JAR "org.clojure/clojure 1.2.0" but cant use the JAR "org.clojure/clojure 1.4.0"? How do I know when to append "SNAPSHOT" to the name? I mean, I know that "SNAPSHOT" basically means this is a branch under active development and not stable, but where can I find out what stable and snapshot versions of particular JARs are available? (I'm aware that clojars.org has a search feature, but surely that can't be the whole answer...) Thanks for any clarification on these questions- I hope the answers aren't so simple that I'll feel foolish for asking these things in the first place :-) -- 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
