Description Michael Keith 2010-11-12 15:44:32 EST

I have to admit that I get kind of frustrated every time I need to enter a works-with CQ for a jar that doesn't get distributed. The only options that are available on the portal are:

[use] a third-party library from Orbit
[contribution] of code to be maintained at eclipse.org
[request] to use, reference, or distribute third-party code that is maintained elsewhere (not already in Orbit)

I am entering a works-with CQ that is referencing third party code but not distributing it, so the third option, right? The code is not being contributed to Eclipse, yet the resulting form has no place for me to indicate that the code is neither being contributed nor distributed. Rather, it asks me (in required fields no less!):
   a) if I will be "distributing this code in source, binary, or both source and binary?"
   b)will the "code contribution be distributed unmodified or has the code been modified for distribution in Eclipse."

We should have a works-with option that allows me to tick off whether or not I am a)contributing and b)distributing the code. When I first started entering CQs this really bewildered me and I just assumed that I was in the wrong place and ended up going in circles. Now I am less bewildered (although that doesn't stop me from going in circles ;-) but just as confused about why I have to choose options that are not true just so that I can press the submit button.