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svn commit: r111662 - /struts/core/trunk/doc/acquiring.xml /struts/core/trunk/doc/announce.xml /struts/core/trunk/doc/download.xml

Author: martinc
Date: Sun Dec 12 12:19:39 2004
New Revision: 111662

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs?view=rev&rev=111662
Log:
Announce and make available the Struts 1.2.6 Beta release. Restructure the 'Acquiring' page a bit to account for GA and Beta releases, and to better document access to the Subversion repository.
Modified:
   struts/core/trunk/doc/acquiring.xml
   struts/core/trunk/doc/announce.xml
   struts/core/trunk/doc/download.xml

Modified: struts/core/trunk/doc/acquiring.xml
Url: http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs/struts/core/trunk/doc/acquiring.xml?view=diff&rev=111662&p1=struts/core/trunk/doc/acquiring.xml&r1=111661&p2=struts/core/trunk/doc/acquiring.xml&r2=111662
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--- struts/core/trunk/doc/acquiring.xml	(original)
+++ struts/core/trunk/doc/acquiring.xml	Sun Dec 12 12:19:39 2004
@@ -19,24 +19,21 @@
     <section name="Acquiring Struts" href="Acquiring">
 
     <p>
-    Struts is available in a convenient binary distribution and also with complete
-    source code. You may choose to download a production release or one of the
-    development builds. All downloads are available to the general public at
-    no charge and are distributed under the <a href="http://apache.org/licenses/">Apache License</a>.
+    Struts is available in a binary distribution, a source distribution, and a
+    library distribution, which is a minimal binary distribution that includes
+    only what you need to build your own applications with Struts.
     </p>
-    <ul>
-      <li>
-        <a href="http://struts.apache.org/download.cgi">
-          <strong>Struts Binary and Source Code Distributions - Struts 1.2.4 is the best available version</strong>
-        </a>
-      </li>
-    </ul>
     <p>
-    <strong>In addition to a Struts distribution,</strong> you will need to ensure that you have
-    downloaded and installed all of the
-    <a href="userGuide/installation.html#Prerequisites">
-    prerequisite</a> software applications.
-    Then, follow the appropriate instructions to
+    You may choose to download a production release, a milestone release, or a
+    development build. All downloads are available to the general public at
+    no charge and are distributed under the
+    <a href="http://apache.org/licenses/">Apache Software License</a>.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+    <strong>In addition to a Struts distribution,</strong> you will need to
+    ensure that you have downloaded and installed all of the
+    <a href="userGuide/installation.html#Prerequisites">prerequisite</a>
+    software. Then, follow the appropriate instructions to
     <a href="userGuide/installation.html#Installing">
     install and use a Struts binary distribution</a> in your web application
     or for
@@ -46,23 +43,53 @@
 
 </section>
 
-<section name="Development Builds" href="Milestones">
+<section name="Releases and Milestone Builds" href="ReleasesAndMilestones">
+    <p>
+    Releases and milestone builds of Struts are available from the main
+    Struts distribution site, or from mirror sites.
+    </p>
+    <ul>
+      <li>
+        <strong>General Availability (GA) Releases</strong>
+        <ul>
+          <li>
+            <a href="http://struts.apache.org/download.cgi">
+              Struts 1.2.4
+            </a>
+          </li>
+        </ul>
+      </li>
+      <li>
+        <strong>Beta Releases</strong>
+        <ul>
+          <li>
+            <a href="http://struts.apache.org/download.cgi">
+              Struts 1.2.6 (Beta)
+            </a>
+          </li>
+        </ul>
+      </li>
+    </ul>
+</section>
+
+<section name="Development Builds" href="DevelopmentBuilds">
 
     <p>
     The latest <em>development build</em> of Struts is available 
     <a href="http://svn.apache.org/dist/struts/">here</a>
-    in a convenient binary distribution and also with complete source code.
+    in binary, source and library distributions.
     </p>
 
     <p>
     Development builds are being reviewed for quality by the Struts community.
     When a build is judged "ready for prime time", it is promoted to "General
-    Availability" status and may be made the "Best Available" release.
+    Availability" status and may be made the "Best Available" release. A build
+    that isn't quite there may be promoted to "Beta" status.
     </p>
 
 </section>
 
-<section name="Nightly Builds" href="Builds">
+<section name="Nightly Builds" href="NightlyBuilds">
 
     <p>
     For developers who are helping to develop Struts, or who just want "the
@@ -73,19 +100,13 @@
     <ul>
 
     <li>
-        Source Repository - Download the source directly via
-        <a href="http://www.apache.org/dev/version-control.html">
-        anonymous access</a>.
-    </li>
-
-    <li>
-        Nightly binary builds - Download the binary distribution from the
+        Binary builds - Download the binary distribution from the
         <a href="http://svn.apache.org/builds/struts/nightly/">
         Struts nightly builds directory</a>.
     </li>
 
     <li>
-        Nightly source builds - Download the source distribution from the
+        Source builds - Download the source distribution from the
        <a href="http://svn.apache.org/builds/struts/nightly/src/">
         Struts nightly sources directory</a>.
     </li>
@@ -93,32 +114,48 @@
     </ul>
 
     <p>
-        If you are building Struts from source, be sure to refer to the
-        <a href="userGuide/installation.html">Installation page</a> in the
-        User Guide for prerequisites.
-        There are several JARs from the Jakarta Commons project that
-        are required to build Struts.
+    Be sure to check the <a href="userGuide/release-notes.html">
+    Release Notes</a> for the nightly builds so you know what you are getting!
     </p>
 
-    <p>
-    If you are interested in the Tag Library Descriptor (TLD) files,
-    they are maintained in the
-    <a href="http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/struts/core/trunk/conf/share/">
-    /conf/share</a> folder of the main repository.
-    </p>
+</section>
 
-    <p>
-    Also be sure to check the
-    <a href="userGuide/release-notes.html">
-    Release Notes</a> for the nightly builds so you know what you are getting!
-    </p>
+<section name="Source Code" href="SourceCode">
 
     <p>
     Access to the source repository for Struts is available through both
     <a href="http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/struts/core/trunk/?root=Apache-SVN">web browser</a>
     and
     <a href="http://www.apache.org/dev/version-control.html">
-    Subversion client</a> interfaces.
+    Subversion client</a> interfaces. To check out from the Subversion
+    repository, you will need to specify one of the following URLs:
+    </p>
+    <ul>
+      <li>http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/struts/core/trunk</li>
+      <li>http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/struts/el/trunk</li>
+      <li>http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/struts/faces/trunk</li>
+      <li>http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/struts/sandbox/trunk</li>
+    </ul>
+    <p>
+    <strong>Warning:</strong> If you try to take a shortcut, and check out
+    everything under 'struts', be aware that you will get not just the most
+    recent code ('trunk'), but a copy of every tag and branch ever created
+    for Struts. This will quite possibly fill up your entire disk!
+    </p>
+
+    <p>
+    If you are building Struts from source, be sure to refer to the
+    <a href="userGuide/installation.html">Installation page</a> in the
+    User Guide for prerequisites. There are several JARs from the Jakarta
+    Commons project that are required to build Struts.
+    </p>
+
+    <p>
+    If you are interested in the Tag Library Descriptor (TLD) files, these
+    files are generated as part of the build process. The source files from
+    which they are generated are the struts-*.xml files found in the
+    <a href="http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/struts/core/trunk/doc/userGuide/">
+    /doc/userGuide</a> folder of the main repository.
     </p>
 
 </section>

Modified: struts/core/trunk/doc/announce.xml
Url: http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs/struts/core/trunk/doc/announce.xml?view=diff&rev=111662&p1=struts/core/trunk/doc/announce.xml&r1=111661&p2=struts/core/trunk/doc/announce.xml&r2=111662
==============================================================================
--- struts/core/trunk/doc/announce.xml	(original)
+++ struts/core/trunk/doc/announce.xml	Sun Dec 12 12:19:39 2004
@@ -11,6 +11,20 @@
 
 <section name="Announcements">
 
+    <h4 id="a20041212">12 Dec 2004 - Struts 1.2.6 (Beta)</h4>
+    <p>
+        The Struts team is pleased to announce the release of Struts 1.2.6
+        Beta. This release includes minor new functionality, and a number of
+        fixes for bugs which were reported against previous versions.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+        The binary, source and library distributions are available from the
+        <a href="http://struts.apache.org/download.cgi">Struts download page</a>.
+        The <a href="http://struts.apache.org/userGuide/release-notes.html">Release Notes</a>
+        are available on the Struts web site.
+    </p>
+    <hr/>
+
     <h4 id="a20040919">19 Sep 2004 - Struts 1.2.4 (General Availability)</h4>
     <p>
         The Struts team is pleased to announce the release of Struts 1.2.4 for

Modified: struts/core/trunk/doc/download.xml
Url: http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs/struts/core/trunk/doc/download.xml?view=diff&rev=111662&p1=struts/core/trunk/doc/download.xml&r1=111661&p2=struts/core/trunk/doc/download.xml&r2=111662
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--- struts/core/trunk/doc/download.xml	(original)
+++ struts/core/trunk/doc/download.xml	Sun Dec 12 12:19:39 2004
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@
 
         </section>
 
-        <section name="Struts 1.2.4" href="struts124">
+        <section name="Full Releases" href="struts-ga">
+        <subsection name="Struts 1.2.4" href="struts124">
 
         <p>
         Struts 1.2.4 is the latest production release of Struts. It is available
@@ -109,6 +110,68 @@
 
         </ul>
 
+        </subsection>
+        </section>
+
+        <section name="Beta Releases" href="struts-beta">
+        <subsection name="Struts 1.2.6" href="struts126">
+
+        <p>
+        Struts 1.2.6 is the latest Beta release of Struts. It is available
+        in a binary distribution, a source distribution, and a minimal library
+        distribution.
+        </p>
+
+        <ul>
+
+        <li>Binaries:
+            <ul>
+                <li>
+                <a href="[preferred]/struts/binaries/struts-1.2.6.zip">struts-1.2.6.zip</a> 
+                [<a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/struts/binaries/struts-1.2.6.zip.asc">PGP</a>]
+                [<a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/struts/binaries/struts-1.2.6.zip.md5">MD5</a>]
+                </li>
+                <li>
+                <a href="[preferred]/struts/binaries/struts-1.2.6.tar.gz">struts-1.2.6.tar.gz</a> 
+                [<a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/struts/binaries/struts-1.2.6.tar.gz.asc">PGP</a>]
+                [<a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/struts/binaries/struts-1.2.6.tar.gz.md5">MD5</a>]
+                </li>
+            </ul>
+        </li>
+
+        <li>Source:
+            <ul>
+                <li>
+                <a href="[preferred]/struts/source/struts-1.2.6-src.zip">struts-1.2.6-src.zip</a> 
+                [<a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/struts/source/struts-1.2.6-src.zip.asc">PGP</a>]
+                [<a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/struts/source/struts-1.2.6-src.zip.md5">MD5</a>]
+                </li>
+                <li>
+                <a href="[preferred]/struts/source/struts-1.2.6-src.tar.gz">struts-1.2.6-src.tar.gz</a> 
+                [<a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/struts/source/struts-1.2.6-src.tar.gz.asc">PGP</a>]
+                [<a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/struts/source/struts-1.2.6-src.tar.gz.md5">MD5</a>]
+                </li>
+            </ul>
+        </li>
+
+        <li>Library:
+            <ul>
+                <li>
+                <a href="[preferred]/struts/library/struts-1.2.6-lib.zip">struts-1.2.6-lib.zip</a> 
+                [<a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/struts/library/struts-1.2.6-lib.zip.asc">PGP</a>]
+                [<a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/struts/library/struts-1.2.6-lib.zip.md5">MD5</a>]
+                </li>
+                <li>
+                <a href="[preferred]/struts/library/struts-1.2.6-lib.tar.gz">struts-1.2.6-lib.tar.gz</a> 
+                [<a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/struts/library/struts-1.2.6-lib.tar.gz.asc">PGP</a>]
+                [<a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/struts/library/struts-1.2.6-lib.tar.gz.md5">MD5</a>]
+                </li>
+            </ul>
+        </li>
+
+        </ul>
+
+        </subsection>
         </section>
 
         <section name="Verify the integrity of the files" href="verify">

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