On 20 Jun 2004, at 22:45, Henri Yandell wrote:
On Sun, 20 Jun 2004, Stephen Colebourne wrote:
PROPOSAL+1
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i'd like to shift all jakarta commons component downloads onto separate
pages which are linked from the main ones. i think that this will
prolong the useful life of the original page without really effecting
it's utility.
+1.
I'd had some complaints from users about the difficulty of downloading
(too many click's). I like the dynamic closer.cgi page that the maven
download is using. We should just have a single download page with all the
commons components on, and it should not mention mirrors at all.
All links for downloads should then be aimed at the cgi, which will have
all the mirror info for each file.
the main reason for the difficult of downloading was as an attempt to educate users about the importance of verifying the release. apache can make no promises as to the security of any mirror. it's therefore vital that the md5 sum is checked after the software has been downloaded.
it's only a matter of time before a trojaned zip is uploaded to some ASF mirror. then those windoz users who happily double click without checking will have real problems. not me (of course) 'cos i don't have any windoz but i still feel that we should make an effort to those which are so afflicted not least ;)
i've always been unhappy with that dynamic page since it doesn't emphasis the importance of checking the MD5 sum nor does it make it easy to find where the sum is. i much prefer the avalon-style one. having said that, providing that users are clearly told that they need to check the md5 sum and the sum is easily available, then i wouldn't object to improvements along the line you suggest.
- robert
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