Re: [Fwd: Re: [PROPOSAL] follow apache mirror layout convention]

[Nicola Ken Barozzi <ni...@apache.org>]

Leo Simons wrote, On 08/05/2003 10.19:
> Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote:
> 
>> I've quickly looked at the proposal, and it's the same proposal as my
>> last mail on repository@apache.org, which is the same as Costin's.
>>
>> Is it correct?
> 
> yes (as I wrote :D).

Too long mail, dude ;-P

>> The next thing I would like to see is the use of the mirroring script as
>> an entry point for the repository.
>> http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer-auto.cgi  could do like
>> http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi but instead directly point to the
>> mirror.
> 
> this can be done independently of any restructuring; 

Of course.

> just modify the 
> scripts we have in the site module which berin put in.

Yup.

>> Also the use of md5s as Maven does or that it verifiues the integrity of
>> the downloaded files using signatures downloaded from our main
>> distribution directory.
> 
> we already have *.asc and *.md5 for most releases (phoenix doesn't have 
> them at all; framework only has .asc; old excalibur has *.sig); have a 
> browse around /dist. Berin has standardised on *.asc + *.md5 on new 
> releases.
> 
> this will stay the same.

Excellent!

Thanks Leo in advance for the work you're gonna do! It's invaluable :-)

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