Hi, Many people have expressed the idea that they'd like to see binary distributions of Tomcat which would either be smaller in size, or without a lot of extra optional libraries. That idea is quite interesting IMO, especially with the upcoming release of JDK 1.4, which integrates a lot of the libraries needed to run Tomcat and could allow us to distribute a "light" version.
There are TONS of different packaging scenarios, so I'll put a few of them for a vote. For the ZIP/TGZ packaging: A) Full JDK 1.4: This includes everything, except the libraries which are already included in the JDK (including the JAXP XML parser). B) Light JDK 1.4: This incluides a bare bones Tomcat distribution which would only run on JDK 1.4. Note: For Tomcat 4.0-HEAD (aka 4.1), this will still includes the admin feature and the necessary JMX implementation (OpenJMX, which has a very nice license). C) Light JDK 1.3: Essentially the same as B, with the addition of an XML parser. D) Full distrbution (same as right now). Here, I'd be in favor of doing B) and D). I'm not in favor of doing the things in between, but maybe there are a lot of fans of A) or C). Keeping D looks like an obligation. For the installer distribution: A) Light JDK 1.4 (see above). B) Full distribution (same as right now). Here, I would be in favor of dong both, unless someone has a big problem with that. I'm not putting it up for a vote, but it doens't mean comments are not allowed :) I will take care of the modification of the build scripts after the results of the vote are compiled, and I plan to release 4.0.2 with these additional packagings. The README in the binary download pages will describe what is in each archive. <ballot> ZIP/TGZ packaging: [ ] Do A [ ] Do B [ ] Do C </ballot> (So here, I'll vote +1 for B, and 0 for A and C) Remy -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
