About
In the context of code shipping, an archive:
- contains
- module (package) in the following form:
- or source
- or/and other resource files
- is versioned
that are used to distribute a release or a snaphost
A archive is also known as:
- distribution package
- distribution
- versioned artifact
Archive are generally deployed (stored) in a repository.
Articles Related
Type
Source
A source archive contains the source file. See Code Shipping - Source (Distribution|Archive)
Compiled
A build/distribution/binary archive contains the compiled code ready to be used. see Code Shipping - Binary Distribution
Format
The structure and content of the archive is language dependent but the whole set of file is usually aggregated in on file using one of this technology:
- or Zip File