[Springframework-developer] Spring 2.5.6 doesn't include src.spring.zip file, SHOULD IT ?? I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA

[Dennis B. <den...@co...>]

I downloaded the source for 2.5.6 and was looking at it.

It appears that the build.xml doesn't create a ZIP file of the source code.
Having a source zipe would be advantageous for debugging within ECLIPSE
for "stepping into spring library source code", or learning the secrets
of the spring source code.

I suggest to add the following target to build.xml for the next release.

(and side question: shouldn't the spring.jar file be named spring.2.5.6.jar
and so the src zip file should be src.spring.2.5.6.zip ??)


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<target name="srczip" description="builds a ZIP file of ALL source code for spring.jar">
 <echo message="Creating src.spring.zip file"/>

 <delete file="${dist.dir}/src.spring.zip"/>

 <!-- make folder for output ZIP file if folder not present -->
 <mkdir dir="${dist.dir}"/>

 <zip
  destfile="${dist.dir}/src.spring.zip"
  basedir="src"
  includes="**/*.java"
 />

</target>