Please, let's not try to redefine the notion of an "open source release". The fact that you personally don't give a shit about the distribution of sources outside subversion doesn't mean the rest of the world feels as you do about it.
----- Original Message ----- > From: Alex Karasulu <akaras...@apache.org> > To: general@incubator.apache.org > Cc: > Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 12:32 PM > Subject: Re: Fw: [VOTE] Graduate ACE from the Apache Incubator > > On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 7:26 PM, Guillaume Nodet <gno...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> That's really a good question. I'm using apache projects a lot > but I've >> never downloaded a single source release since ages, mostly using svn to >> checkout / build, or maven source jars for debugging within the ide as you >> said. >> I know it's a requirement, but it's not very useful for certain > kind of >> projects imho.. >> >> > Plus if I am going to make a bug fix or add a feature that I intend to > contribute back I will do it as a diff patch which I generate from version > control. > > So having the sources in a release is worthless for me. Knowing the tag is > what I need to work the source, produce a patch and submit that back to the > community. > > Regards, > Alex > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
