+1 for trimming the size by default and offering the fat distribution as alternative download
On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 8:35 AM Till Rohrmann <trohrm...@apache.org> wrote: > Ufuk's proposal (having a lean default release and a user convenience > tarball) sounds good to me. That way advanced users won't be bothered by an > unnecessarily large release and new users can benefit from having many > useful extensions bundled in one tarball. > > Cheers, > Till > > On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 3:42 PM Ufuk Celebi <u...@apache.org> wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 11:01 AM Timo Walther <twal...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > I think what is more important than a big dist bundle is a helpful > > > "Downloads" page where users can easily find available filesystems, > > > connectors, metric repoters. Not everyone checks Maven central for > > > available JAR files. I just saw that we added a "Optional components" > > > section recently [1], we just need to make it more prominent. This is > > > also done for the SQL connectors and formats [2]. > > > > +1 I fully agree with the importance of the Downloads page. We > > definitely need to make any optional dependencies that users need to > > download easy to find. > > >