Ralph,
We made the change to easily allow projects to select the tar.gz & zip
source distribution now and it's being staged for a vote today:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1038139

Once this is released and you update to the new Apache pom, you can
select the tar.gz assembly simply by adding this property:
<sourceReleaseAssemblyDescriptor>source-release-zip-tar</sourceReleaseAssemblyDescriptor>

Then you can get rid of the duplicated assembly.xml setup we added at
ApacheCon and the associated assembly plugin config.


On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 7:20 PM, Phil Steitz <phil.ste...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/18/10 10:27 AM, Mark Thomas wrote:
>>
>> On 18/11/2010 15:11, Ralph Goers wrote:
>>>
>>> It would be good to have a definitive position on this.
>>
>> The definitive ASF position is:
>> - the ASF releases source code
>> - the src release should contain everything needed to build
>> - binary releases are optional
>> - binary releases, if provided, should be derivable from the src release
>
> +1 - and the actual release is what we put on dist/.
> Traditionally we have provided both source and binary distributions there,
> archived as gzipped tars and zip files.
>
> We have never had hard rules on what is required in Commons releases other
> than the above (and NOTICE, LICENSE and headers stuff) and I am -1 on adding
> them now.  I don't even think we should *require* maven artifacts; though
> RMs are encouraged to publish them or ask others to help. Again, the actual
> release is the zips and tarballs available on the download pages. And in
> fact the source is what is actually being released - the binaries are a
> convenience for users.
>>
>> (I know - the above list misses out a bunch of stuff)
>>
>>> The VFS build includes the javadoc and source jars in the distribution
>>> zip, even though there is a separate source distribution zip (the source
>>> distribution is complete while the source jar is only suitable for use by an
>>> IDE). I'm close to doing another release attempt and would like to know if I
>>> need to change that before I do it.
>>
>> Projects are free to impose additional restrictions on themselves if
>> they wish.
>>
>>  From an ASF perspective you are fine.
>>
>>  From a Commons perspective, ENOCLUE. In your shoes, and in the absence
>> of a documented Commons policy on exactly what should and should not be
>> in a binary distribution, I'd go with whatever you think is best and if
>> folks don't like it they are free to provide patches for the next release.
>
> It is up to the RM what additional jars to put into the binary release.
>  Obviously, the RM should listen to the community.  Since it is dead easy to
> include javadoc and sources jars in maven-generated releases, and some users
> seem to like them, I personally include them for the releases that I cut.
>
> Phil
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>>
>>> Ralph
>>>
>>>
>>> On Nov 18, 2010, at 3:37 AM, Phil Steitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 11/18/10 5:04 AM, sebb wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On 18 November 2010 07:22, Oliver Heger<oliver.he...@oliver-heger.de>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Build works fine with JDK 1.5 on Windows 7. Artifacts look good.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The only nitpick I found is that the binary distribution does not
>>>>>> contain
>>>>>> the source and Javadocs jar.
>>>>>
>>>>> That's deliberate.
>>>>>
>>>>> It contains the Javadocs as individual files, so including the javadoc
>>>>> jar is just wasted space, and if users want the source they can
>>>>> download the source archive.
>>>>>
>>>>> As far as I was aware, the source and javadocs jars are intended for
>>>>> Maven distribution only
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Personally I am fine not including these jars; but IIUC the reason
>>>> people started including them a couple of years back was to make it easier
>>>> for users using IDEs that make use of them.
>>>>
>>>> Not voting yet because I have not tested the release yet.
>>>>
>>>> Phil
>>>>>
>>>>>> So +1.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>>> Oliver
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Am 17.11.2010 02:27, schrieb sebb:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This is a vote to release Apache Commons NET 2.2 based on RC3.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Changes since RC1 are:
>>>>>>> - drop unnecessary jars from binary archive
>>>>>>> - include RELEASE-NOTES in binary and source archives
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [ ] +1 release it
>>>>>>> [ ] +0 go ahead I don't care
>>>>>>> [ ] -1 no, do not release it because...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> tag:
>>>>>>> http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/commons/proper/net/tags/NET_2_2_RC3/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> site: http://people.apache.org/~sebb/NET_2_2_RC3/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Archives (Maven and non-Maven) have been uploaded to:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachecommons-011/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Vote will remain open for at least 72 hours.
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