Hi Niall, >> [...] >> Dist is the active archive. The archive.apache.org is the "deep archive". >> Both should exist, and both should have a copy of the data. >> > > Dist isn't an archive - its a distribution area archive.apache.org is > the archive.
I respectfully disagree. Cheers, Chris > > Niall > >> Cheers, >> Chris >> >>> >>> Niall >>> >>>>> Keeping the dist area tidy with only current releases >>>>> means that this huge ASF-wide content is mirrored efficiently. >>>> >>>> At what cost? In my mind, there is a subtle point lost here. >>>> >>>> Archiving is good and it has to do with mirroring. What i'm advocating for >>>> is preservation. We should never delete the original copy dists for *any >>>> project*. It creates disconnects between the world-wide mirroring system >>>> that is called email, and locally caching things, and archiving and >>>> cataloging links. >>>> >>>> The cost of invalidating those negates a ton of the savings that you're >>>> proposing. >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Also, we don't mirror archive.a.o via that dist system. >>>> >>>> Gotcha. >>>> >>>>> >>>>> I just had a look at Tika download page. It does as i suggested >>>>> earlier: They link to >>>>> archive.apache.org/dist/tika/ >>>>> for old releases >>>>> and to >>>>> archive.apache.org/dist/incubator/tika/ >>>>> for the older incubator releases. >>>> >>>> Yeah I think we updated that. I couldn't remember if we actually directly >>>> linked to incubator.a.o. I think I might have even updated that when I >>>> noticed the links were broke on the site. >>>> >>>> Regardless, we should haven't to update it it. I'm proposing that's *it's >>>> a good thing* to have an original + 1 copy from a reliability and software >>>> preservation perspective. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Chris >>>> >>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>>> Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. >>>> Senior Computer Scientist >>>> NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA >>>> Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246 >>>> Email: [email protected] >>>> WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ >>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>>> Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department >>>> University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA >>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>> >> >> >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. >> Senior Computer Scientist >> NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA >> Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246 >> Email: [email protected] >> WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department >> University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. Senior Computer Scientist NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246 Email: [email protected] WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
