Re: CVS and Jar files: Should you import Jar into the Repository? Why or why not

[Lee Sau Dan]

>>>>> "Daniels," == Daniels, David <address@hidden> writes:

    Daniels,> You can, but I don't think it's necessary. Assuming the
    Daniels,> jar contains the class files created from .java files in
    Daniels,> the same repository,
...

Wrong assumption.  I  think he's talking about *3rd  party* .JAR files
downloaded from  the internet.  Yes, many  of them come  with a source
distribution  package, but I'm  just not  interested in  building them
from  scratch.  The "binary"  (i.e. prebuilt)  .JAR file  is available
there as a "binary release".  So, why not take it directly?


    Daniels,> ideally what you'd like to do is
    Daniels,> mark the java files used to create the jar with a tag
    Daniels,> and then build the jar with ant or some other make
    Daniels,> tool.

It'd be  a nightmare  to have  to build every  3rd party  library from
scratch!   Neither is  that always  possible.  Many  libraries  in the
forms of .JAR files come with no source code.




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