On 23 December 2013 05:50, David Crossley <cross...@apache.org> wrote: > Marvin Humphrey wrote: >> Greg Trasuk wrote: >> > >> > Thanks everyone for the input. To summarize, it appears that the consensus >> > argument is: >> > >> > - Jar files are not prohibited by policy in project repositories (svn), >> > although they may not make a lot of sense. >> > - Source distributions must not distribute executable code in binary form. >> > i.e. Don’t ship dependency jars in the source archive. However it may be >> > acceptable to include things like jar files that are processed during >> > testing (sample archives, for instance). >> > - The project repositories are not generally considered “distributions”, >> > but >> > we need to be a little careful to avoid users’ confusion on this point. > > Regarding that last part, i reckon that is about: only referring > the development community to the development resources and not > instructing users to do that.
However, many projects refer to SCM repos on "public" pages, some even on the download page. Also, projects that use Maven will have the SCM URLs in the POM. Maven generated sites will have the Source Repo as part of the standard documentation. Such projects should ensure that the SCM has appropriate N&L files at the top level. Note also that Roy [1] at least considers that SCM should be classed as a distribution. See also [2] and [3] [1] http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-legal-discuss/200907.mbox/%3C7A0220B7-5DF1-4F4C-8C27-6CA8A175CFCD%40gbiv.com%3E [2] http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-legal-discuss/200907.mbox/%3C1706952606.1247865134823.JavaMail.jira%40brutus%3E [3] http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-legal-discuss/200907.mbox/%3C1809771433.1247865614827.JavaMail.jira%40brutus%3E > -David > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
