On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 4:31 PM, Andrea Pescetti <[email protected]> wrote: > Kay Schenk wrote: >> >> Please take a look at and give feedback on a test page for the new >> /download/index.html page at: >> http://www.openoffice.org/download/test/index_new_dl.html >> Yes, it's a bit strange with lots of nonsense at the top that I wanted >> you to see, but will of course go away in production. > > > The page is nice, but it's the concept that leaves me dubious. > > We have another thread > http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.apache.incubator.ooo.devel/16219 > where there seems to be consensus towards a solution that: > 1) Uses SF (and possibly Apache) for the web-based downloads > 2) Does not phase out MirrorBrain, and uses it for the updates (i.e., > downloads initiated by OpenOffice with the "Look for updates" function) >
That's what I understand as well. > The "possibly Apache" in 1) is due to the fact that I haven't understood yet > what technology Apache will be using and if Apache will distribute only > sources or binaries too (it's obvious that we as a project will release > sources and binaries, but I'm not 100% sure that Apache wants to put > binaries on its mirrors too: I think so). > > Fact is, we should avoid the random selection as much as possible, mainly to > be able to quickly identify problems, and you will see details in that > thread. The cleaner separation we can get, the better. > So how about something very simple: 1) AOO 3.4 downloads use SourceForge by default from the /download/index.html page. Just like they are doing today. But we also have a links there that point to Apache mirrors for: a) Hashes and detached signatures b) source distribution c) a link to the full release tree In other words, no rolling the dice, noting fancy. 100% of normal users will download from SF. 2) When we enable the automated updates, in a week or two, then we decide what we want to do. Maybe we do it via SF. Maybe MirrorBrain. Maybe a mix, > On the other side, release time is approaching and I can only hope that > talks between Peter Poeml (MirrorBrain author) and Apache Infra, that had > started on this list, are progressing now. > I think it is too late for any of those talks to influence how we deal with AOO 3.4 initial downloads. But maybe the update downloads in a couple of weeks. -Rob > Regards, > Andrea.
