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ArchitectureGroup; JOSDistribution

This page has been prepared only as a starting point. All of the opinions expressed here are mine and not necessarily those of the group. -- GilbertHerschberger (18 November 1999).

Introduction

The Distribution group is part of the ArchitectureGroup. It is concerned with the distribution of JOS Products. This group uses architecture group mailing list archive is at http://jos.org/mailman/listinfo/arch

Distribution, not distributed computing

Do not confuse us with the DistributedGroup. That group is concerned with distributed computing.

Mechanisms

Parts of JOS have already been distributed. Here are a sample of some of the mechanisms already used:

• e-mail
• CVS
• SourceServer
• archives on the JOS website and others

It should not be the goal of the distribution group to eliminate these mechanisms. Any mechanism that works should continue to be used. Rather, it is the goal to recommend and refine these mechanisms so that we can maintain reliable distribution, especially among members of the JOS Project.

Goals

The distribution group should assist anyone trying to distribute their JOS-related product.

• create an organized approach to distribution
• develop additional tools to help build a distribution archive
• provide templates for README and JOS license files
• identify all of the parts of JOS that have already been distributed
• help the architecture group resolve package naming conflicts

It should not be the goal of the distribution group to distribute everything inside the JOS Project. Rather, it should be our goal to help members of the JOS Project to distribute things to its other members.

Definitions

1. product

   A product is a collection of packages. All packages in a product should have similar dependencies on other packages, so that a product is easy to recompile. Other packages include other products and packages, like com.sun.java.swing. and javax.swing. and javax.servlet.*.

2. package

   A package isn't like a Red Hat package, from the Red Hat package manager. It is a Java package. How unfortunate the same word has been used for two different concepts.

3. distribution

   A distribution is an instance of a product archive. The product is wrapped up in an archive. It is a snapshot of a product. Each distribution should have a unique distribution number.

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