I think we'll just have to go with whatever is simplest, since no one seems to have much time to volunteer to the process. Apparently, that would be the Maven approach.
I appreciate your help in this, robert. -Ted. On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 19:19:32 +0100, robert burrell donkin wrote: > hi ted > > maven uses the standard apache fallback script (closer.cgi). this > is very, very to easy to use (just pass the release path through to > the script) but suffers from some drawbacks (the sums and > signatures are not readily available and no attempt is made to > educate users about the importance of checking sums when > downloading). > > ant uses a custom page which is then fed through the standard > apache mirroring script which adds the mirrors to it. this is a > little more difficult and requires infrastructure karma (craig, i > think, should have sufficient). > > i prefer the ant-style download site but i know some other folks in > jakartaland prefer the closer.cgi style page. maybe a vote or a > pool for which style would be the best way forward...? > > (in any case) if you let me know which style you'd prefer, i'd be > glad to provide some instructions about how to go about setting the > download up. > > - robert > > On 29 Jul 2004, at 23:26, Ted Husted wrote: > >> I don't think we're picky at this point. Either what Ant does or >> what Maven does would be fine, robert. >> >> -Ted. >> >> On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 22:35:15 +0100, robert burrell donkin wrote: >> >>> On 28 Jul 2004, at 11:02, Ted Husted wrote: >>> >>> <snip> >>> >>>> One thing I'd like to do first is to link our "Acquiring" >>>> page to the Apache mirroring system, so that the >>>> distribution hooks up to the preferred place. I haven't >>>> looked into how that is done yet. If anyone else has a clue, >>>> please feel free to jump in. >>>> >>>> >>> hi ted >>> >>> i know a little about this. what kind of thing had you in mind? >>> >>> would you want the Acquiring page to handle finding an >>> appropriate mirror and giving an url to it? or would you be >>> happy with a link to a generic page? >>> >>> - robert >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >>> ---- - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev- >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------ >> --- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For >> additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
