From the MySQL Docs...
MySQL Connector/J is distributed as a .zip or .tar.gz archive containing the sources, the class files a class-file only "binary" .jar archive named "mysql-connector-java-[version]-bin.jar", and starting with Connector/J 3.1.8 a "debug" build of the driver in a file named "mysql-connector-java-[version]-bin-g.jar".