On Nov 19, 2010, at 12:16 PM, Oliver Heger wrote:

>> 
>> 
> Just a comment from me because my remark somehow started the whole discussion:
> 
> As I pointed out with my +1 vote I do not see the lack of these jars as a 
> blocker.
> 
> However, I was a bit surprised that they were missing as it seems to be a 
> de-facto standard for commons components. I remember that at my first 
> attempts as release manager for [configuration] I was asked to add those 
> jars. Also, we even had discussions about the content of the manifest files 
> in them.
> 
> Personally, I do not need these jars because maven can download them 
> automatically and install them in an IDE. AFAIK, Eclipse supports attaching 
> both source code and Javadocs attachments to a library. So for some users 
> they might actually be beneficial.
> 
> As others pointed out in this thread, a common strategy for all commons 
> components would certainly be good.
> 
This thread is a VOTE thread for a Commons NET release. I don't think this 
discussion has much to do with a vote on the release which is why I started a 
separate thread to discuss packaging.

Ralph


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