On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 6:55 AM, Harbs <harbs.li...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The one thing I see missing from the proposed text is dependencies and
> installers.
>
> Particularly this section:
>
> ### Compiled packages ### {#compiled-packages}
>
> The Apache Software Foundation produces open source software. All releases
> are in the form of the source materials needed to make changes to the
> software being released.
>
> As a convenience to users that might not have the appropriate tools to
> build a compiled version of the source, binary/bytecode packages MAY be
> distributed alongside official Apache releases. In all such cases, the
> binary/bytecode package MUST have the same version number as the source
> release and MUST only add binary/bytecode files that are the result of
> compiling that version of the source code release.
>
> ---
>
> How do binary dependencies fit in?
Thanks for the review!
The sentence in question is taken nearly verbatim from the existing release
policy document. The only changes are capitalizing "MUST" and swapping out
"may only" for "MUST ONLY":
http://www.apache.org/dev/release#what
In all such cases, the binary/bytecode package must have the same version
number as the source release and may only add binary/bytecode files that
are the result of compiling that version of the source code release.
This is in keeping with the goal of the initiative: "to clarify policy,
NOT TO CHANGE IT."
My interpretation of that passage is that a liberal view of the word
"compiling" allows the bundling of binary dependencies. Sometimes "compiling"
is taken to mean a compilation/translation phase which is distinct from
linking, and other times "compiling" encompasses linking (either static or
dynamic). The more expansive definition is consistent with how that
policy has traditionally been applied.
Marvin Humphrey
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