As proposed in separate threads[1][2] and Infra jira[3], we have setup a new zone and repository manager for hosting Apache artifacts at https://repository.zones.apache.org. The service is now setup and several releases of Maven are already staged there.
The initial idea was to use LDAP for committer auth/authz, but it isn't ready yet. In the meantime, a new security realm has been created and all Apache committers can log in to the system using their credentials. As each project comes over, we will use the existing svn group mappings to port the users into the correct group. To complete the process of using this for Maven artifacts, the following needs to be done: 1) Configure the new location as a sync source to Central. 2) Map the rest of the Maven PMC and committer accounts into the Maven Group 3) Move the artifacts from People.apache.org for org/apache/maven/* over to the hosted repository 4) Update documentation on how to release, stage and promote 5) Adjust the Parent pom to use the new urls for distribution management for both snapshots and releases 6) Release parent poms, update snapshots etc. For the time being, we can leave the snapshots in place at p.a.o and simply start deploying new versions to the zone. We can setup a proxy of the old snapshot and put this into a group with the new one and users can migrate over to the new snapshot url and eventually we can move the snapshots over. We are working with Apache Infra to get a machine neutral dns for this [4] and also an official https certificate[5] so hopefully those will happen shortly, specifically the dns before we update all the poms. The migration of this would happen project by project, with hopefully Maven leading the way. [1] http://www.nabble.com/-Proposal--Use-Nexus-to-actively-manage-the-Apache -repository-tt21759239.html#a21759239 [2] Apache Infra list - I believe there are not public archives of this [3] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-1885 [4] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-1890 [5] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-1891 So lets vote: +1 Yes, lets lead the way at ASF with a better staging and releasing process +0 shrug -1 No, I like managing my artifacts by hand. ---------------------- Brian Fox Apache Maven PMC http://blogs.sonatype.com/brian/
