CPAN for java [was Re: RSS feed for ApacheWiki now in beta test]

[Stefano Mazzocchi <st...@apache.org>]

Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, Danny Angus wrote:
> 
> 
>>Invent a CPAN style method of satisfying Java dependancies, quick while
>>you're still enthusiastic....
> 
> 
> And define jar-filename and a a MANIFEST standard for jar's across the
> ASF; including license references ;-) some level of indirection system
> where 'jars.apache.org/xerves -> maps to a bit of XML with the right info
> followed by a nice and tight Ant task to do the right thing :-) And should
> any energy be left over; a niftly class loader (with added crypto checks)
> would be lovely too :-)

I would add: transparent integration with the ASF mirroring system.

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Stefano Mazzocchi                               <st...@apache.org>
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