Thanks for investigating this, Chip. I am happy with us proceeding, but would caution us to think about addressing or documenting this in a later release.
I'd say wait until tomorrow to see if anyone else objects then wrap up the vote. Let's ship this thing! On 29 October 2012 16:21, Chip Childers <chip.child...@sungard.com> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 11:37 AM, Bertrand Delacretaz > <bdelacre...@apache.org> wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 4:32 PM, Benson Margulies <bimargul...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Bertrand, is a compressed archive of source a source or a binary? > > > > hehe...right, you said earlier in this thread that the file in > > question is actually just compressed source code, is that correct? > > That's correct. We ( the project ) were actually concerned that it > was compiled python code. Benson is right. In reality, it's just > compressed source. I have extracted it and reviewed the contents. > It's the waf source. > > > If yes, it's just weird to include it in that form but I agree that > > the "no binaries" problem is not that important then, if one can > > decompress and verify the actual source code. The reason we don't > > release binaries is that it's usually impossible to verify them as > > being harmless. > > > > -Bertrand > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > -- NS
