The file is chmod'd g+w, feel free to patch it.
Hyrum K Wright wrote on Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 14:16:18 -0500: > True, but if somebody lands in > http://archive.apache.org/dist/subversion/, they will see all the > tarballs, and might naturally look for a README. Having found it, > they would read the following text and be completely befuddled ("are > you telling me I can't download a release from here? It's the > archive!") > > Anyway, it's really just a bikeshed, but those were my initial > impressions of what users may encounter. > > -Hyrum > > On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 2:13 PM, Daniel Shahaf <[email protected]> > wrote: > > /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 <[email protected]> > >> 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. > >> > > >

