On Fri, Mar 5, 2021 at 10:41 AM Mark Thomas <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 05/03/2021 09:29, [email protected] wrote: > > This is an automated email from the ASF dual-hosted git repository. > > > > remm pushed a commit to branch master > > in repository https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/tomcat.git > > > > > > The following commit(s) were added to refs/heads/master by this push: > > new de3a101 Add the option for distributions to disable > dependency downloads > > de3a101 is described below > > > > commit de3a101b24bbd5e79283a822ea7b64cc11286267 > > Author: remm <[email protected]> > > AuthorDate: Fri Mar 5 10:29:18 2021 +0100 > > > > Add the option for distributions to disable dependency downloads > > > > The dependencies will still be checked but no download will actually > > occur. This allows a distribution to provide its own built binaries > > while making sure no other ones are included. > > Could you explain the use for this some more. I don't understand what > problem it is trying to solve. > I wasn't convinced initially either. It's the usual Linux distribution business that rebuilds everything. When Tomcat adds a new dependency, it could be included via automatic non rebuilt download and instead they only want to use the jars from their own packages so they prefer an error. Rémy
