Fwd: Handling /dist for projects in the attic

[Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org>]

Attic folks,

The below is what infra is doing to remove projects that are now in the
attic from the download mirrors. If you would prefer something else
(such as complete removal) just let infra know.

Cheers,

Mark

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Handling /dist for projects in the attic
Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2011 21:10:37 +0100
From: Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org>
Reply-To: infrastructure-private@apache.org
To: infrastructure-private@apache.org

I will be addressing these, starting (and hopefully finishing but you
never know) this evening.

Any project that has been in the attic less than 6 months will be left
as is.

Projects in the attic for more than 6 months will be dealt with as follows:
- add an .htaccess file that permanently redirects /dist/$tlp(.*) to
http://attic.apache.org/tlp.html
- remove all other content from /dist/tlp

Mark

Re: Handling /dist for projects in the attic

[Henri Yandell <ba...@apache.org>]

Doesn't this mean that anyone who tries to download will be sent to
the Attic page on the subject? Where they will go over to the website
and try to download again? Endless cycle of frustration.

Why not just redirect them to the archive directory? There should be
header/readmes to explain that the project is in the attic. Those
could be improved to explain that they may be there due to the
redirect.

Hen

On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 1:46 AM, Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> wrote:
> Attic folks,
>
> The below is what infra is doing to remove projects that are now in the
> attic from the download mirrors. If you would prefer something else
> (such as complete removal) just let infra know.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mark
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Handling /dist for projects in the attic
> Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2011 21:10:37 +0100
> From: Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org>
> Reply-To: infrastructure-private@apache.org
> To: infrastructure-private@apache.org
>
> I will be addressing these, starting (and hopefully finishing but you
> never know) this evening.
>
> Any project that has been in the attic less than 6 months will be left
> as is.
>
> Projects in the attic for more than 6 months will be dealt with as follows:
> - add an .htaccess file that permanently redirects /dist/$tlp(.*) to
> http://attic.apache.org/tlp.html
> - remove all other content from /dist/tlp
>
> Mark
>
>
>
>
>