Author: brane
Date: Sat Sep 22 14:59:06 2018
New Revision: 1841687
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1841687&view=rev
Log:
Describe the meaning of the ?update= parameter in the download link.
* publish/site-nav.html: Add comment.
Suggested by: danielsh
Modified:
subversion/site/publish/site-nav.html
Modified: subversion/site/publish/site-nav.html
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/subversion/site/publish/site-nav.html?rev=1841687&r1=1841686&r2=1841687&view=diff
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--- subversion/site/publish/site-nav.html (original)
+++ subversion/site/publish/site-nav.html Sat Sep 22 14:59:06 2018
@@ -13,7 +13,12 @@
</ul>
</li>
<li>Getting Subversion
- <ul>
+ <ul>
+ <!-- The ?update= parameter is used to only offer mirrors that have
+ synced after the specified date. We update it after a security
+ release when the email announcement is less than 24 hours after
+ the upload to /dist/release, in order to prevent offering mirrors
+ that don't carry the just-released artifacts. -->
<li><a href="/download.cgi?update=201708081800">Source Download</a></li>
<li><a href="/packages.html">Binary Packages</a></li>
<li><a href="/docs/release-notes/">Release Notes</a></li>
