Comments on: 10 Tips for Publishing Open Source Java Libraries http://blog.uncommons.org/2009/07/29/10-tips-for-publishing-open-source-java-libraries/ Rants and opinion interspersed with awe-inspiring tales of heoric software engineering endeavours. Thu, 28 Apr 2011 20:53:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dan http://blog.uncommons.org/2009/07/29/10-tips-for-publishing-open-source-java-libraries/comment-page-1/#comment-4508 Dan Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:51:05 +0000 http://blog.uncommons.org/?p=593#comment-4508 @Rich: But you might be the only person who programs under the sea. That's almost as good as having your own evil volcano lair. @Rich: But you might be the only person who programs under the sea. That’s almost as good as having your own evil volcano lair.

]]> By: Rich http://blog.uncommons.org/2009/07/29/10-tips-for-publishing-open-source-java-libraries/comment-page-1/#comment-4506 Rich Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:31:58 +0000 http://blog.uncommons.org/?p=593#comment-4506 11) make the docs downloadable - I'm sure I'm not the only one who does a lot of his hacking on public transport or in another place with no connectivity :) 11) make the docs downloadable – I’m sure I’m not the only one who does a lot of his hacking on public transport or in another place with no connectivity :)

]]> By: Kevin Peterson http://blog.uncommons.org/2009/07/29/10-tips-for-publishing-open-source-java-libraries/comment-page-1/#comment-4504 Kevin Peterson Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:51:54 +0000 http://blog.uncommons.org/?p=593#comment-4504 Good post. One thing I can add is to make it clear what problem your library solves and what step in the chain it occupies. This fits in with your "minimal example" suggestion. Is this a library, a framework, or a complete tool? Some projects I've looked at I seriously can't figure this out, like Nutch. I think Nutch is an entire application with some well defined plugin points, but maybe it's just a framework. This seems to be especially common in libraries coming out of academia. Good post. One thing I can add is to make it clear what problem your library solves and what step in the chain it occupies. This fits in with your “minimal example” suggestion. Is this a library, a framework, or a complete tool? Some projects I’ve looked at I seriously can’t figure this out, like Nutch. I think Nutch is an entire application with some well defined plugin points, but maybe it’s just a framework.

This seems to be especially common in libraries coming out of academia.

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