On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 8:24 PM, Alex Huang <alex.hu...@citrix.com> wrote: >> Well, first, Apache CloudStack only releases source code. >> >> But Wido is kind enough to also host RPM / DEB package repos for users >> to take advantage of. Our install guide explains how to build from >> source, as well as how to use Wido's repos. >> >> This was all true for 4.0.0-incubating, and I think it still holds true >> for all future releases. >> > Chip, > > Can you refresh my memory as to why this is? I look at something like cxf or > tomcat, they all have binary downloads available. > > http://cxf.apache.org/download.html >
Because providing 'binaries' isn't necessarily problematic, but making yum and apt repos work in the ASF mirror system seems a bit more of an issue. Plus, Wido stepped up to do the work, no one else has offered any other alternatives. --David
