On 6 Dec 2004, at 00:03, Phil Steitz wrote:
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Also, what exactly is the purpose of README.html in http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/commons/foo and why are these files not in cvs? Some components have this file and some do not. It is referred to in section 11 of <http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/releases/release.html>. I was planning on creating one of these as per the instructions, but am wondering what purpose it serves, since users are not directed to this location for download.
the README.html is picked up by the Apache HTTPD and is displayed under the index (take a look at http://www.apache.org/dist*NOSPAM*/jakarta/commons/codec/ for example).
the reason for inclusion is tradition. the purpose served is small (users sometimes and infrastructure dudes often use direct urls to access download from the main site so it's useful to have a small amount of information for them). the esthetics are better than a raw list (gives a more cared for look). the maintenance effort is small.
the purpose and esthetics could be equally well served by README's which don't require updating every release.
- robert
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