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Re: 9.5: coping with loss of ditaa.jar
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Jarmo Hurri |
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Re: 9.5: coping with loss of ditaa.jar |
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Mon, 11 Oct 2021 13:20:14 +0300 |
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Greetings Tim.
Tim Cross <theophilusx@gmail.com> writes:
> I think you missed one obvious solution - donwload the jar file from
> the ditaa project homepage on sourceforge.
> Another alternative which I just found is the ditaa version on github,
> which has SVG support. See https://github.com/stathissideris/ditaa. If
> you click on the 'release' link on the right, there is the most recent
> release, which includes a link to a standalone ditaa.jar file.
Ok, so at least two different standalone versions seem to be available:
1. via "project page" on sourceforge; looking inside the downloaded zip,
this seems to be version 0.9
2. via developer github page, version 0.11.
On the github page there is a discussion indicating that a clojure
version will _not_ be forthcoming after all. The author also states that
(s)he is no longer interested in maintaining ditaa:
https://github.com/stathissideris/ditaa/issues/69
> I don't think you need to be paranoid about downloading the jar file
> from the project homepage - either you trust the code or you don't. If
> you don't trust the code, then even compiling it yourself adds no
> additional protection.
Trying to avoid binaries from "weird" sources probably just adds a sense
of false security. Sometimes false security is the best you can get.
Have fun and stay safe,
Jarmo
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