Thanks guys for the informative replies! -Conrad
On Feb 4, 11:30 am, Conrad <drc...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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
