On Sat, 20 Apr 2019 at 23:11, Vladimir Sitnikov <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Does anybody know what is the purpose of HEADER.html which is located at > dist.apache.org? > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/jmeter/HEADER.html > > > The file is mentioned in https://wiki.apache.org/jmeter/ReleaseCreation, > however its purpose is obscure.
HEADER.html and README.html are standard files used by the Apache HTTP server when generating directory listings. It appears here: http://www.apache.org/dist/jmeter/ > Why do we need to update that file during the release process? > I'm inclined to just drop the file or remove the version number from it. OK to drop the version if it really is too much trouble to update, but the file needs to be kept. Also need to keep README.html which provides the footer. > Vladimir
