> As far as I can see, WHEN we do the release, it is largely a > matter of AT THAT TIME organizing the directory structure, > copying the subtree into the correct place on daedelus, and > having fixed up one XML file. I don't need to spend much > time on it now, but I really don't see any reason not to do > it AT THAT TIME. > > It really just doesn't seem that the effort is worth the > argument. What I suspect that you are really responding to > is the lack of effort that has been contributed in other > areas, and your desire to finally see v2.1 put to bed. > > I do concur with you that all other aspects of the release > need to be addressed first. But when it comes to copying the > files into the right places, I don't believe that this new > request from the ASF is an issue. One way or another, we > still have to setup the release directory structure. The > only major change is the download page. > > I suspect that we would quite honestly spend more time > arguing about this than doing it. So let's not even worry > about it until we're ready to make the release directory. > Its not worth the expenditure in energy or emotion. >
Noel is correct in this. It really is that simple. I will volunteer to be a backup for this, as I am doing the jakarta-commons releases. If you go more public with James, shouldn't you do that by pointing to the 'right' place to download, rather than a legacy URL? Scott -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
