On Wed, 2003-11-26 at 17:25, Vincent Massol wrote:
> Some ideas... :-)
> 
> Why not 2 web sites:
> 
> - maven.apache.org pointing to HEAD
> - maven.apache.org/1.0/ pointing to MAVEN-1_0-BRANCH

I think we need a site for the current release as well. And I suppose
any number of arbitrary branches then.

> I prefer this way. On the Cactus project I tried the opposite (i.e.
> default pointing to latest release) and it didn't work that well. After
> a few weeks we swapped to HEAD for the main site and the release
> versions in other directories (http://jakarta.apache.org/cactus/1.5/
> etc).
> 
> Another variation (but slower) is:
> 
> - maven.apache.org redirects to maven.apache.org/1.1/ pointing to HEAD
> - maven.apache.org/1.0/ pointing to MAVEN-1_0-BRANCH
> 
> The plugins would stay in the same place. However we can apply the same
> principle to them: maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/[plugin
> name]/[version]/
> 
> The project.xml would need to be modified to:
> 
> <siteDirectory>/www/maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/ear/${pom.current
> Version}</siteDirectory>
> 
> Then the navigation.xml can be modified to add:
> 
>     <menu name="Docs for">
>       <item name="version 1.0" href="../1.0"/>
>       <item name="version 1.1" href="../1.1"/>
>     </menu>
> 
> -Vincent
> 

I would say the normal site should point at the current release docs and
then use your scheme to point at any number of desired branches.

-- 
jvz.

Jason van Zyl
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In short, man creates for himself a new religion of a rational
and technical order to justify his work and to be justified in it.
  
  -- Jacques Ellul, The Technological Society


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