Sonatype owns the host that our DNA name resolves to. In the (unlikely) event that sonatype ceases to provide the service this would allow us to move to another provider, but there would be a lot of work establishing content routes to publish to central in that event.
On Mon 3 Apr 2017 at 17:46, Paul Hammant <p...@hammant.org> wrote: > Specifically, that domain - https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2 on > fastly.net infra ? > > On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 11:50 AM, Manfred Moser <manf...@simpligility.com> > wrote: > > > Just to clarify... the whole infrastructure for Maven Central aka the > > Central Repository is maintained and sponsored by Sonatype. > > > > manfred > > > > Paul Hammant wrote on 2017-04-03 07:07: > > > > > My bad - I'll explain more fully - I'm thinking of a read-only > interface > > > for querying the data within a maven repo. I'm thinking of something > > that > > > is entirely static. Specifically it would use JavaScript > > Angular/React/Vue > > > and static JSON or maybe projname.POM files directly from JavaScript. > > > > > > I'm thinking of proposing such an app to Apache. If the dev-list wants > > to > > > recuse itself from that, then I'm happy to go through the regular > Apache > > > channels. > > > > > >> PS.: This is more a question for the user mailing list and not for the > > > developers mailing list.... > > > > > > You're right perhaps maven (as a end-user technology) is somewhat > > different > > > to a usage of data from https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2 that > > requires > > > no additional server process/tech setup. > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Apr 2, 2017 at 10:21 AM, Karl Heinz Marbaise < > khmarba...@gmx.de> > > > wrote: > > > > > >> Hi Paul, > > >> > > >> On 02/04/17 14:45, Paul Hammant wrote: > > >> > > >>> Apache hosts https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/ but there's no > web > > >>> app, > > >>> just a raw index. > > >>> > > >> > > >> For what purpose is a web app needed...This is Maven Central...which > is > > >> Maven Repository...which is intended to be consumed by Maven and many > > other > > >> tools... > > >> > > >> Also take a look here: > > >> > > >> https://maven.apache.org/repository/index.html > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > >> > > >>> If we wanted to host a skinny but useful application > > >>> there, how would we go about that? > > >>> > > >> > > >> To get someting into Maven Central start here: > > >> > > >> http://central.sonatype.org/ > > >> http://central.sonatype.org/pages/requirements.html > > >> https://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-central- > > repository-upload.html > > >> > > >> But it is not about hosting a web app etc. which mean running an > > >> application inside something similar like Tomcat/JBoss. It's just a > > >> repository to host a jar/zip/war which are avaible for consuming by > > >> application developers (dependencies) etc. but it is not for running > an > > >> application... > > >> > > >> > > >>> Of course there are > > >>> * http://search.maven.org (hosted by Sonatype) > > >>> > > >> > > >> This is the search engine for Maven Central...human useable engine.. > > >> > > >> https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/ machine consumable part... > > >> > > >> > > >> * https://mvnrepository.com > > >>> > > >> > > >> This is not related to Apache Software Foundation... > > >> > > >> PS.: This is more a question for the user mailing list and not for the > > >> developers mailing list.... > > >> Kind regards > > >> Karl Heinz Marbaise > > >> > > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > > >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > > > > > -- Sent from my phone
