/download/ and /packages are the canonical location for "Where do I download 1.6.x from?", so they ought to link to the archive.
Hyrum K Wright wrote on Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 14:05:59 -0500: > Good idea. However, this file will be mirrored to the archive, and > read there isn't technically correct, since the 1.6.x releases are > hosted on archive.apache.org. > > -Hyrum > > On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 11:11 AM, Daniel Shahaf <d...@daniel.shahaf.name> > wrote: > > I've added the following README to our dist/ directory on > > people.apache.org: > > > > [[[ > > For stable releases visit <http://subversion.apache.org/download/> > > or <http://subversion.apache.org/packages>. > > ]]] > > > > This is since currently only 1.7.0-alpha2 (but no 1.6.x or 1.5.x) is on > > the Apache mirrors. > >