[OpenLayers-Dev] Re: ship only with minimal build for 2.12

[Matt Priour]

I think Tom & Bart make good points about community support and making this
library we all know and love easier for beginners and "basic" use cases to
get started with.

I'd like to see a download link to a zip file including the library,
generated api docs, "Getting Started" & "Building your own OpenLayers", and
the following pre-built builds:
1. OpenLayers.js (full build - minified)
2. OpenLayers.mobile.js (current mobile build profile - minified)
3. OpenLayers.light.js (a reasonably simplified build for Vector, WMS, OSM,
Bing, & Google map cases - minified)
4 - 6. The uncompressed 'debug' versions of the above files

Then in the class docs, clearly state if a class is included in the mobile
or light build profile by default and if not, include a note or flag of some
kind that this class is only available in the full build or your own custom
build profile.

Second, I don't see why OpenGeo or some other organization that is heavily
invested in OpenLayers could not foot (or find sponsorship to foot) the bill
for placing the library on a CDN like Amazon Cloud Front. This would bring
it to parity with a number of other well know, well regarded javascript
libraries. I agree that the current openlayers.org server is not the right
place for high volume hosting of the build library versions.

Matt Priour

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