My thoughts below.
Joe Germuska wrote:
I'm bringing this thread over to the dev list because it's fairly technical and boring to the average user.I don't think we should go into "/www/www.apache.org/dist/java-repository" without a GA build, because that directory also gets mirrorred around the world ... and *that* should only contain GAs.
I went ahead and set up the "nightly builds" Maven repository with Struts 1.2.1 -- see http://cvs.apache.org/repository/struts/
I tried to flesh out the directories along the "idealized" Maven repository, by including 'licenses', 'distributions','poms', and 'tlds' directories as well as 'jars' Not sure if that's right or not, since it doesn't seem to be thoroughly documented; we'll just see.
Anyway, so the two pertinent questions are
1) should this go on iBiblio yet? I'm leaning towards "no" until it reaches GA status. For general reference, the Apache directory "/www/www.apache.org/dist/java-repository" is mirrored to iBiblio, so that when we decide that a Struts release is GA, we can set up that directory and have the release maven-published automatically.
That being said, a private alpha/beta Maven repository on Apache someplace seems reasonable.
2) what version number should struts-el have? 1.2.1 ? I'm not sure we've bothered with formally labelling it with a release in the past, but Maven really likes things to have versions.If we ship it with the standard Struts release, it should have the same version number. If it's shipped separately, then it should have it's own version number series. (That's what I plan to do when struts-faces is ready to be released).
On minor administrative issues, I also changed the "project.xml" file version to 1.2.1 (from 1.2.1-dev) and moved the release tag for that one file so that if someone checks out to the tag, the JAR artifact will have the correct version number.
Joe
Craig
PS: Per my comments last night, we also need to set up our own download page for GA distributions that leverages the mirror network, the way that Ant and Maven etc. do it, rather than continuing to rely on the Jakarta page (which is getting increasingly hard to use because of the number of releases found there. Does anyone have time to work on that?
At 5:41 PM +0200 7/12/04, Carlos Sanchez wrote:
Hi Joe,
I agree that users should use iBiblio, just said apache repository because
it's mirrored.
About the use of the private repo
http://cvs.apache.org/builds/java-repository/ seems a good idea to me, but
it hasn't been already created, nobody has upload nothing until now? Many
apache projects still upload their snapshots to the release repository,
ending at iBiblio. Should this be told to the projects that had uploaded
snapshots to ibiblio?
I am also sure that 1.2.1 should definitely be put at http://cvs.apache.org/builds/java-repository/
Regards.
-----Original Message----- From: Joe Germuska [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 4:08 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: 1.2.1 to which Maven repo? (RE: [ANN] Struts 1.2.1 (Beta) Released)
At 11:34 AM +0200 7/12/04, Carlos Sanchez wrote: >Hi, > >Will you deploy it and the struts-el on the apache maven repository? >http://www.apache.org/dist/java-repository/struts/jars/
I would argue that it doesn't belong in that location until it is voted a full GA release. Then again, reviewing what seems to be the "official" word on using the Apache repositories (http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.jakarta.commons.devel/39469), it simply says that location is for "versioned releases" as opposed to "nightly builds".
For what it's worth, I think that the intention is not that Maven users would have http://www.apache.org/dist/java-repository/ as a repository, but rather than they'd use iBiblio, which is mirrored from that. I don't know if anyone feels strongly about it, but that's how I read the previously cited email.
If we don't put Struts 1.2.1 on iBiblio, we should definitely put it at http://cvs.apache.org/builds/java-repository/
I'll do either one, but I'll wait to see if a few opinions roll in before taking action.
Joe
>I have built it from cvs sources with maven and the size is not the same. > >Regards > >Carlos Sanchez >A Coru�a, Spain > >Oness Project >http://oness.sourceforge.net > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Ted Husted [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2004 9:11 PM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: [ANN] Struts 1.2.1 (Beta) Released >> >> The Struts team announces the release of Struts 1.2.1, currently >> ranked at Beta quality. >> >> This release removes many features deprecated in prior releases
> >> (Struts 1.1 and Struts 1.0.2) and also provides several new
>> features. Fixes to known problems have been applied. More
detail is
>> available at
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>> * http://struts.apache.org/userGuide/release-notes.html
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>> The binary, source, and library distributions are available at
>>
>> * http://cvs.apache.org/dist/struts/v1.2.1/
>>
>> The library distribution contains only the requisite
JARs, without
>> the documentation or example applications.
>>
>> We invite your comments on how well this release works with your
>> own applications. Based on feedback from the Struts community, this
>> release may be dubbed "ready for prime time"
>> and promoted to "General Availabilty" quality.
>>
>> Please note that Struts now uses "Tomcat-style" releases. If the
>> feedback on this release were positive, Struts 1.2.1 may be promoted
>> directly to "GA", without creating yet-another distribution. If a
>> serious problem were found and fixed, then we will issue Struts
>> 1.2.2 and try again.
>>
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