Re: "classic" clojure-contrib 1.3.0-alpha4 released

2010-12-29 Thread Stuart Sierra
Yes, see under "Possible future development" on http://dev.clojure.org/display/design/Common+Contrib+Build We have a stated goal of having "Aggregate projects that package many contrib libraries in one distribution." The process and arrangement of these aggregate projects has yet to be determi

Re: "classic" clojure-contrib 1.3.0-alpha4 released

2010-12-23 Thread Meikel Brandmeyer
Hi, Am 23.12.2010 um 00:08 schrieb Stuart Halloway: > Nothing about multiple small bundles prevents doing a bigger bundled release > as well. There continues to be a "kitchen sink" contrib, and there can be a > "batteries included" build of the newer libs too. Repositories are orthogonal > to

Re: "classic" clojure-contrib 1.3.0-alpha4 released

2010-12-22 Thread Stuart Halloway
Nothing about multiple small bundles prevents doing a bigger bundled release as well. There continues to be a "kitchen sink" contrib, and there can be a "batteries included" build of the newer libs too. Repositories are orthogonal to build artifacts. On the other hand, building only a big bundl

Re: "classic" clojure-contrib 1.3.0-alpha4 released

2010-12-22 Thread Sean Corfield
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Mibu wrote: > For me as a user, the appeal of contrib was the bundling. ... > If you separate the libs then I can't see a difference or advantage > from the "third party" libs. When I first started using Clojure, I felt the bundling was very useful. Over time, I'

Re: "classic" clojure-contrib 1.3.0-alpha4 released

2010-12-22 Thread Ken Wesson
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 2:50 PM, Mibu wrote: > For me as a user, the appeal of contrib was the bundling. I used to > just download the latest contrib jar, throw it in the classpath, and > have plenty of functionality that could be easily summoned using a > single line of code. Just like a standard

Re: "classic" clojure-contrib 1.3.0-alpha4 released

2010-12-22 Thread Mibu
For me as a user, the appeal of contrib was the bundling. I used to just download the latest contrib jar, throw it in the classpath, and have plenty of functionality that could be easily summoned using a single line of code. Just like a standard library, even though it's not officially standard. It