RE: [Springframework-developer] Release?

[<jue...@we...>]

Quoting from a previous mail of mine, with slight modifications:

<quote>
Finally, in terms of distribution: Should there be a separate examples =
download, or should they be included in the main download? Do we like to =
separate binary and source distribution (analogous to Tomcat), or offer =
a combined one (analogous to Log4J)? Do we include all the third-party =
libraries or just give respective download URLs? Or do we include all =
but specific larger ones that not everyone will need, like Velocity?

Personally, I tend to prefer a combined download for developers, =
including sources, third party libs, and Spring binaries (usable =
out-of-the-box for both application and framework development) - =
provided that it is of reasonable size (currently just ~1500 KB, without =
Velocity). Of course, it would make sense to offer a binary-only =
download too, with just the libraries needed for application development =
(i.e. no Clover, etc - currently ~650 KB, again without Velocity). So =
even with generated JavaDocs, some additional docs, and an example app, =
the combined download will probably not exceed 2 MB, and the binary =
download will clock in around 1 MB.

The only drawback is that users have to copy some framework and third =
party JARs to WEB-INF\lib if they want to run the example app, but this =
should be easy to document. Of course, we could go the Struts/WebWork =
way of providing preassembled WARs and EARs that duplicate all the =
libraries - but look at their distribution file sizes, ~20 MB/~17 MB for =
the zipped versions... I believe that Spring's distribution size should =
express Spring's general slimness and clearness, thus I vote for a =
"normalized" distribution.
</quote>

Juergen


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> As we had planned a release for late this month, what do you=20
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> examples and the lack of a tutorial.
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> interceptor, should probably go into a release. I think it=20
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> some suggestions--were there any popular choices?
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> Rod
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