I see - makes sense.  Is there any legal issue with posting
documentation that references prior versions?

-T

On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 4:11 PM, Martijn Dashorst
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Unless the old releases are actual Apache releases, you won't be
> allowed to publish them through the Apache website. Only Apache
> releases are distributable through Apache (and its mirroring system).
>
> See for example Wicket:
>  - only apache releases: http://archive.apache.org/dist/wicket/
>  - only old non-apache release:
> http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=119783
>
> The reason being that code that is developed at Apache (and brought in
> through the incubator) can be released as Apache releases. Apache
> can't take legal responsibility for old code.
>
> You'll have to build a release (and bring it to the Incubator PMC)
> before you can unleash it to the masses. See the release guide for
> more information [1].
>
> Martijn
>
> [1] http://incubator.apache.org/guides/releasemanagement.html
>
> On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Todd Volkert <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Similar mechanism exist for releases, where you place the release
>>> artifacts in dedicated locations on people.apache.org, and the mirrors
>>> will pull it from there. (For releases, mirrors are definitely needed)
>>
>> Niclas,
>>
>> I'm setting up our documentation site, and I'd like to provide links
>> to download the previous releases of Pivot (namely 1.0.1, but 1.0 in
>> the archives too if possible).  What's the mechanism for how we get
>> the release artifacts out to all mirrors and create pages from which
>> users can download them?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -T
>>
>
>
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