Am 13.06.2012 um 12:49 schrieb Igor Fedorenko:

> What harm in uploading last RC build to the final release location
> before 6/25 (or whatever the date is)?

There is no harm, as long as the artifacts are hidden.

Best regards,
Dennis.

> 
> --
> Regards,
> Igor
> 
> On 12-06-12 11:38 PM, David M Williams wrote:
>> It is important to make sure the b3aggrcon files point to something that
>> allows a "quick last minute rebuild" to be performed, if needed ... but
>> beyond that, there's no specific rule or guideline about how or when to
>> do it ... I think it depends on each project's (or release engineer's?)
>> confidence in make the a quick, seemless, highly reliable transition. In
>> other words, some projects update the b3aggrcon file to point to final
>> locations, and remove the old locations, before the release date ...
>> others leave the old in place and don't change the aggrcon file until
>> after 6/27 "just in case. But, then they should shortly after the release.
>> 
>> To summarize ... or repeat ...
>> 
>> It is fine to update the b3aggrcon file during quiet week, to point to
>> an equivalent (final) repo if you'd like to do it "early" so you can get
>> rid of "old" copy. Ideally, those that do this,  would use the "Validate
>> Aggregation" function from their own local b3 aggregator editor to make
>> sure there are no typos or anything.
>> 
>> It is important to make sure the b3aggrcon files point to something that
>> allows a "quick last minute rebuild" to be performed, if needed.
>> 
>> HTH
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> From: "Konstantin Komissarchik" <[email protected]>
>> To: "'Cross project issues'" <[email protected]>,
>> Date: 06/12/2012 10:58 PM
>> Subject: [cross-project-issues-dev] Managing repositories referenced by
>>        simrel .b3aggrcon files
>> Sent by: [email protected]
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I have a question regarding proper strategy for managing repositories on
>> the download server that are referenced by simrel .b3aggrcon files.
>> 
>> I just updated Sapphire contribution to reference [1], which is the
>> final contribution but we aren’t officially calling it final yet. Per
>> Final Daze document, on 6-25, I will copy this repository to [2] to make
>> the release official. Then I’d like to clean up old 0.5 pre-release
>> downloads. How do I safely do that since RC4 is still referenced by a
>> .b3aggrcon file? Since further aggregator builds aren’t expected, do I
>> update .b3aggrcon file on 6-25 to point to [2] and remove RC4 download?
>> Do I wait until after 6-27 to do this?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> - Konstantin
>> 
>> [1] : _http://download.eclipse.org/sapphire/0.5.0.RC4/repository_
>> [2] : _http://download.eclipse.org/sapphire/0.5.0/repository_
>> 
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