I created an old directory and moved the old versions into it. Carsten
> -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Turner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 12:10 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Cleaning up dist directory > > > On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 06:33:23PM +0100, Carsten Ziegeler wrote: > > Hi Team, > > > > I think we should either delete or move the old distributions > (b1, rc1, rc2 > > etc). > > We really don't want someone to download them. So I'm +1 on > deleting or does > > this produce any problem? > > How about moving them to an old/ directory instead? > > I don't think old distributions should *ever* be deleted, unless space > limitations force the issue. Ever. Who knows why users may want to > download old code? For example, *many* people have live sites based on > RC2, and when Cocoon dies with a stacktrace, those people want to have > RC2 source code to help debug the problem. > > Likewise with Cocoon 1. Some people have an *investment* in it. They > don't want Cocoon 2, no matter how much better it is. > > A related issue: yesterday, http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/ became > http://xml.apache.org/cocoon1/, breaking thousands of links. I > understand the reason for this; the only problem is that when Cocoon 3 > arrives, everyone's URLs will break again. A nicer solution would be to > have: > > http://xml.apache.org/cocoon1 > http://xml.apache.org/cocoon2 > http://xml.apache.org/cocoon3 > > and then use mod_rewrite to make http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/ reflect > whatever is the current version. That way, people who really believe > "Cool URIs don't change"[1] can point to a specific version of Cocoon, > but casual users will see the latest version. > > --Jeff > > [1] http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI.html > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
