On Wed, 16 Mar 2022 at 22:26, Gilles Sadowski <gillese...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Le mer. 16 mars 2022 à 19:00, Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> a écrit : > > > > On 16/03/2022 17:53, sebb wrote: > > > As the subject says. > > > > > > We currently use separate directories for binaries and source, each of > > > which may contain multiple versions. > > > > > > This is a bit awkward to maintain compared with a directory per > > > release which would contain both binaries and source. > > > > > > I think we should consider moving to individual release directories. > > > > > > This would mean changes to various scripts etc, so would not be trivial. > > > > > > If we do decide to do so, it would make sense to try this on a > > > component that normally only has one current version on release. > > > > > > WDYT? > > > > I like the idea in general. It makes managing releases a little easier. > > > > However, there would be an impact is on users that have scripted > > downloads. The change in the location will require changes to all of > > those scripts. Does the benefit (primarily for us) justify the cost of > > those changes (primarily for users)? This might be something to thing > > about when we have a new major version. > > What about > * changing the location if it makes things simpler for us, and > * writing a script that generates the old layout (symbolic links) > to keep things simple for users. > ?
That might work, but I think redirects might be better than symbolic links. Hopefully they could be defined in a single file, rather than scattered around the subdirectories. This would make them much easier to maintain. I'll try some experiments. > Gilles > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
