On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 8:35 PM, Luke Han <luke...@gmail.com> wrote: > There's one discussion in Kylin community about to add binary > package in release, people are really would like to have one: > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-kylin-dev/201508.mbox/%3CCAKmQrOZ_MFUyF_y7HXE7iVMCfJHuuOFuU4T8ibsPWfnw0z2Opw%40mail.gmail.com%3E > > For some reason, people (especially in China) is not easy > to build from source, since there are many library hosted on > some services which can't be access directly. > > Beyond that, the first impression of a project is how to setup > correctly and successfully, it not make sense to have everyone to > build from source. And the reality is many projects already DO binary > package for convenience purpose. > > After read so long mail thread here, I have a little bit confusion:-( > there are too many messages...should we have some clear > guide or practices for such binary release ?
Apache produces open source software, and official Apache releases consist of source code. Alongside such official releases, projects may offer binary packages supplied by volunteers which meet certain criteria: http://www.apache.org/dev/release#what In some cases, binary/bytecode packages are also produced as a convenience to users that might not have the appropriate tools to build a compiled version of the source. In all such cases, the binary/bytecode package must have the same version number as the source release and may only add binary/bytecode files that are the result of compiling that version of the source code release. That's not quite what you asked for in the thread on dev@kylin (embedding a binary inside a source release) but is it good enough? Embedding executable binary code inside an official source release is not OK. Binary files, though they may be derived from open source, are not open source themselves and cannot be audited by a PMC. Marvin Humphrey --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
