right. I guess what I was wondering is what the outstanding issues were to get this going. I know Jason asked about it, but I'd like to know how that conversation went, and what we can do to address any outstanding concerns. Whatever the policy is, maintaining a single source for maven snapshots doesn't seem to be working very well.
-john On 4/17/06, Carlos Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i think Jason already asked for that. Right now it is a policy from > Apache that the repo shouldn't be mirrored. > > On 4/17/06, John Casey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'd like to propose that we enable the maven-snapshot-repository on > > cvs.apache.org for use with the rsync server. This would allow people to > > mirror the snapshots to a local network when traffic is low, and avoid > > hitting the main ASF snapshots repository for POMs, etc. all the time. > Right > > now, I believe we had agreed not to allow mirroring of snapshots, > possibly > > due to load concerns on cvs.apache.org. However, I believe that constant > > traffic for POMs and jars (especially during otherwise high-traffic > times) > > put an even larger load on this machine. Also, thinking about the user's > > experience, it'd be a lot better for them not to have to deal with the > > traffic problems when checking for newer snapshot versions. If a person > is > > using a plugin from this repository, that can slow the build > significantly. > > > > What would it take to enable this? What are the downsides that I'm not > > seeing? > > > > Thanks, > > > > John > > > > > > > -- > I could give you my word as a Spaniard. > No good. I've known too many Spaniards. > -- The Princess Bride > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
