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Posted to bsf-dev@jakarta.apache.org by robert burrell donkin <rd...@apache.org> on 2003/09/07 11:58:22 UTC
[PROPOSAL] Added BSF distribution to the mirror
the apache software foundation policy concerning releases is now that all
releases should be available only through:
1. the main mirrored ASF distribution directories
2. the main ASF archives
bsf is not currently available through the mirrors.
my proposal is that:
1. the latest bsf release (2.3.0) be summed, signed and added to the
mirrored directories and linked from the main jakarta download page
2. the old releases be moved to archive.apache.org
3. all requests for downloads from the old directories be redirected to
the main jakarta binary download page where the latest release can be
download or the link to the archives can be followed
(unless someone else steps forward) i'll volunteer to carry out this work.
(unless someone corrects me) i'll assume that the decision will proceed
by lazy consensus. (unless someone forces a vote before then) i'll carry
out this work sometime after 12 noon GMT wednesday (10th september).
- robert
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Re: [PROPOSAL] Added BSF distribution to the mirror
Posted by robert burrell donkin <rd...@apache.org>.
On Monday, September 8, 2003, at 10:36 AM, Stefan Bodewig wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Sep 2003, robert burrell donkin <rd...@apache.org> wrote:
>
>> i don't think that jakarta.apache.org/builds is the right place to
>> store release candidates any more. where should release candidates
>> now be stored? under cvs.apache.org?
>
> Well, we've taken a very long time to sort things out, and during that
> period the idea of what should be placed where has changed quite a few
> times. I wouldn't blame anybody for not following the discussion and
> not moving files with every new decision - and jakarta/builds has been
> used in Jakarta land for a very long time.
>
> Having said that, my understanding of the current policy:
>
> nightly build -> cvs.apache.org/builds
> latest release candidates, betas, alphas, milestones ->
> cvs.apache.org/dist
> current stable release -> mirrored via www.apache.org/dist
> older stable releases -> archive.apache.org/dist
good. (that's what i though it was.) maybe i'll put create a page
somewhere with this information on.
this being the case, i now plan to move the release candidate and put a
.htaccess redirection on builds/jakarta-bsf (previous comments about
proposed timescales, other volunteers etc apply).
<snip>
>> it's a bit of a shame that there isn't an ASF release available for
>> BSF (just a release candidate which appears to be data 12-Nov-2002)
>> but i suppose that's an issue for BSF.
>
> Of course. I know that Ant would love a BSF release that plays nicely
> with Rhino 1.5R4 - BSF's CVS HEAD does, but the RC doesn't.
i don't follow BSF closely but if there are any issues that the BSF team
needs help (like lacking a release manager or not understanding how to
create releases the new way etc) with it'd probably be a good idea for
someone from BSF to post something to general or pmc at jakarta. i'm sure
there are plenty of apache folks who'd be happy to help out.
- robert
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Re: [PROPOSAL] Added BSF distribution to the mirror
Posted by robert burrell donkin <rd...@apache.org>.
i've moved the release candidate to
cvs.apache.org/dist/jakarta/bsf/2.3.0rc1, added a redirect to the old
builds distribution directory and changed the main jakarta download page
to point to the new location.
BTW it'd be good to see a proper BSF release. if the BSF team need any
help then please contact either myself or (better still) the pmx at
jakarta.apache.org. we'll be glad to do what we can.
- robert
On Monday, September 8, 2003, at 10:36 AM, Stefan Bodewig wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Sep 2003, robert burrell donkin <rd...@apache.org> wrote:
>
>> i don't think that jakarta.apache.org/builds is the right place to
>> store release candidates any more. where should release candidates
>> now be stored? under cvs.apache.org?
>
> Well, we've taken a very long time to sort things out, and during that
> period the idea of what should be placed where has changed quite a few
> times. I wouldn't blame anybody for not following the discussion and
> not moving files with every new decision - and jakarta/builds has been
> used in Jakarta land for a very long time.
>
> Having said that, my understanding of the current policy:
>
> nightly build -> cvs.apache.org/builds
> latest release candidates, betas, alphas, milestones ->
> cvs.apache.org/dist
> current stable release -> mirrored via www.apache.org/dist
> older stable releases -> archive.apache.org/dist
>
>> (as you've probably spotted) i'd really like to get
>> jakarta.apache.org/builds sorted once and for all now.
>
> Yes, this is very much appreciated.
>
>> it's a bit of a shame that there isn't an ASF release available for
>> BSF (just a release candidate which appears to be data 12-Nov-2002)
>> but i suppose that's an issue for BSF.
>
> Of course. I know that Ant would love a BSF release that plays nicely
> with Rhino 1.5R4 - BSF's CVS HEAD does, but the RC doesn't.
>
> Stefan
>
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Re: [PROPOSAL] Added BSF distribution to the mirror
Posted by Stefan Bodewig <bo...@apache.org>.
On Mon, 8 Sep 2003, robert burrell donkin <rd...@apache.org> wrote:
> i don't think that jakarta.apache.org/builds is the right place to
> store release candidates any more. where should release candidates
> now be stored? under cvs.apache.org?
Well, we've taken a very long time to sort things out, and during that
period the idea of what should be placed where has changed quite a few
times. I wouldn't blame anybody for not following the discussion and
not moving files with every new decision - and jakarta/builds has been
used in Jakarta land for a very long time.
Having said that, my understanding of the current policy:
nightly build -> cvs.apache.org/builds
latest release candidates, betas, alphas, milestones -> cvs.apache.org/dist
current stable release -> mirrored via www.apache.org/dist
older stable releases -> archive.apache.org/dist
> (as you've probably spotted) i'd really like to get
> jakarta.apache.org/builds sorted once and for all now.
Yes, this is very much appreciated.
> it's a bit of a shame that there isn't an ASF release available for
> BSF (just a release candidate which appears to be data 12-Nov-2002)
> but i suppose that's an issue for BSF.
Of course. I know that Ant would love a BSF release that plays nicely
with Rhino 1.5R4 - BSF's CVS HEAD does, but the RC doesn't.
Stefan
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Re: [PROPOSAL] Added BSF distribution to the mirror
Posted by robert burrell donkin <rd...@apache.org>.
hi stefan
yes, i think you're probably right. now i look a bit deeper, the
builds/jakarta-bsf/release/2.3.0/bin doesn't actually contain anything.
(doh!)
on the binindex.html there is no BSF release but there is a milestone
release for rc1. this links to www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-bsf/dev/
v2.3.0/bin/ but this redirects to jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-
bsf/dev.v2.3.0/bin/. i don't think that jakarta.apache.org/builds is the
right place to store release candidates any more. where should release
candidates now be stored? under cvs.apache.org?
(as you've probably spotted) i'd really like to get
jakarta.apache.org/builds sorted once and for all now. i think that it'd
be a good idea to move the release candidate to the right place (wherever
that is) and then put a .htaccess redirect back to binindex.cgi.
it's a bit of a shame that there isn't an ASF release available for BSF
(just a release candidate which appears to be data 12-Nov-2002) but i
suppose that's an issue for BSF.
- robert
On Monday, September 8, 2003, at 07:48 AM, Stefan Bodewig wrote:
> On Sun, 7 Sep 2003, robert burrell donkin <rd...@apache.org> wrote:
>
>> 1. the latest bsf release (2.3.0) be summed, signed and added to the
>> mirrored directories and linked from the main jakarta download page
>
> There is a 2.3.0 release?
>
> AFAIK there only is a release candidate and those are supposed to be
> on cvs.apache.org instead of mirrors.
>
>> 2. the old releases be moved to archive.apache.org
>
> There shouldn't be any old releases yet.
>
>> 3. all requests for downloads from the old directories be redirected
>> to the main jakarta binary download page where the latest release
>> can be download or the link to the archives can be followed
>
> This more or less happens now, but as I've just discovered is
> currently broken. The download links on BSF's pages (in the
> navigation bar) point to the template files directly instead of the
> CGI script handling the mirror location logic.
>
> Please see the appended patch.
>
> Stefan
>
> Index: xdocs/stylesheets/project.xml
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /home/cvspublic/jakarta-bsf/xdocs/stylesheets/project.xml,v
> retrieving revision 1.5
> diff -u -r1.5 project.xml
> --- xdocs/stylesheets/project.xml 12 Nov 2002 07:43:43 -0000 1.5
> +++ xdocs/stylesheets/project.xml 8 Sep 2003 06:48:18 -0000
> @@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
> </menu>
>
> <menu name="Download">
> - <item name="Binaries" href="/site/binindex.html"/>
> - <item name="Source Code" href="/site/sourceindex.html"
> />
> + <item name="Binaries" href="/site/binindex.cgi"/>
> + <item name="Source Code" href="/site/sourceindex.cgi"/
> >
> </menu>
>
> <menu name="Jakarta">
>
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Re: [PROPOSAL] Added BSF distribution to the mirror
Posted by Stefan Bodewig <bo...@apache.org>.
On Sun, 7 Sep 2003, robert burrell donkin <rd...@apache.org> wrote:
> 1. the latest bsf release (2.3.0) be summed, signed and added to the
> mirrored directories and linked from the main jakarta download page
There is a 2.3.0 release?
AFAIK there only is a release candidate and those are supposed to be
on cvs.apache.org instead of mirrors.
> 2. the old releases be moved to archive.apache.org
There shouldn't be any old releases yet.
> 3. all requests for downloads from the old directories be redirected
> to the main jakarta binary download page where the latest release
> can be download or the link to the archives can be followed
This more or less happens now, but as I've just discovered is
currently broken. The download links on BSF's pages (in the
navigation bar) point to the template files directly instead of the
CGI script handling the mirror location logic.
Please see the appended patch.
Stefan
Index: xdocs/stylesheets/project.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/cvspublic/jakarta-bsf/xdocs/stylesheets/project.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -u -r1.5 project.xml
--- xdocs/stylesheets/project.xml 12 Nov 2002 07:43:43 -0000 1.5
+++ xdocs/stylesheets/project.xml 8 Sep 2003 06:48:18 -0000
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
</menu>
<menu name="Download">
- <item name="Binaries" href="/site/binindex.html"/>
- <item name="Source Code" href="/site/sourceindex.html"/>
+ <item name="Binaries" href="/site/binindex.cgi"/>
+ <item name="Source Code" href="/site/sourceindex.cgi"/>
</menu>
<menu name="Jakarta">
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Re: [PROPOSAL] Added BSF distribution to the mirror
Posted by Sanjiva Weerawarana <sa...@watson.ibm.com>.
+1. THanks for offering to do the work as well :-).
Sanjiva.
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From: "robert burrell donkin" <rd...@apache.org>
To: <bs...@jakarta.apache.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 3:58 PM
Subject: [PROPOSAL] Added BSF distribution to the mirror
> the apache software foundation policy concerning releases is now that all
> releases should be available only through:
>
> 1. the main mirrored ASF distribution directories
> 2. the main ASF archives
>
> bsf is not currently available through the mirrors.
>
> my proposal is that:
>
> 1. the latest bsf release (2.3.0) be summed, signed and added to the
> mirrored directories and linked from the main jakarta download page
> 2. the old releases be moved to archive.apache.org
> 3. all requests for downloads from the old directories be redirected to
> the main jakarta binary download page where the latest release can be
> download or the link to the archives can be followed
>
> (unless someone else steps forward) i'll volunteer to carry out this work.
> (unless someone corrects me) i'll assume that the decision will proceed
> by lazy consensus. (unless someone forces a vote before then) i'll carry
> out this work sometime after 12 noon GMT wednesday (10th september).
>
> - robert
>
>
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