Hi Rob, Nice job getting the downloads in place.
A discussion about how to verify the signatures would be helpful. Please see: http://poi.apache.org/download.html This was cribbed from HTTPD server. You might recognize some of the names. :-) Regards, Dave On Jan 13, 2012, at 9:17 AM, Rob Weir wrote: > On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 9:49 AM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 1:39 AM, Devin Han <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Thanks Rob let the remaining work clear. >>> The approved packages can be access here: >>> http://www.apache.org/dist/incubator/odftoolkit/ >>> I am working on fix the existing issue on the configuration of pom.xml and >>> it should be ready before next week. >>> >>> we also need a download page following this guide: >>> http://www.apache.org/dev/release-download-pages.html. Anyone volunteer to >>> help us do this job? >>> >> >> The Rave podling download page looks like it follows those instructions: >> >> http://incubator.apache.org/rave/downloads.html >> >> It is also mdtext-based, so it will work well with our existing website. >> >> I'll work on that today. >> > > OK. Here it is: http://incubator.apache.org/odftoolkit/downloads.html > > It appears to work. The release downloads go to the mirrors, the > detached hash requests go to Apache. I added the suggested language > asking downloaders to verify the hashes. > >>> 2012/1/12 Rob Weir <[email protected]> >>> >>>> So now that we have an approved released, what should we do? >>>> >>>> 1) I assume that Devin, as Release Manager, is working on getting the >>>> approved packages onto the mirrors and Maven central. >>>> >>>> 2) We will want a link from our website as well, probably a top level >>>> "Download" link >>>> >>>> 3) An announcement email that we can send to the odf-users and related >>>> lists. >>>> >>>> 4) Do what we can do individually to promote awareness of this new >>>> release, via social networking sites, etc. >>>> >>>> 5) Start discussion on the next release. >>>> >>>> In general, I think this initial release at Apache is a great >>>> opportunity to make people more aware of our work, attract more users, >>>> and hopefully more contributors as well. The work we've done in this >>>> initial release was not very fun. We did a lot of migration, of >>>> websites and code, a lot of work to review IP, a lot of work to create >>>> Maven assemblies and comply with Apache release procedures. These >>>> were all one-time tasks, and future releases should be a lot easier. >>>> >>>> But now begins the fun part, talking about new features and writing >>>> new code. This will be a good opportunity to attract new developers. >>>> I think we all agree that increasing the size and diversity of the >>>> project is important. (We say this in our podling report, for >>>> example). So let's think about how we can grow the community. >>>> >>>> -Rob >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> -Devin
