> From: Stephen McConnell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Tim Anderson wrote: > >>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >>> >>>>>From the requirements at >>>>http://nagoya.apache.org/wiki/apachewiki.cgi?ASFRepository/Requirements: >>>>"ASF Repository shall ... allow browsing and downloading of artifacts by >>>>humans via normal >>>>web browser". >>>>Requiring a version to be part of the artifact file name when the >>>>artifact is only useful to end users (e.g README), reduces clarity. >>>> >>>But it does increase usability sometimes. >>> >>>README for which version? >> >> >>An example: >> http://repo.apache.org/apache/commons-dbcp/1.1/README >> >>The README is for version 1.1 of commons-dbcp. >>
>By implication - the README is not an artifact but a feature of a version. >Is that a reasonable conclusion? >Stephen. Why make the distinction? I view everything a project deploys as an artifact. Some artifacts will only be useful to end users (e.g, README, LICENSE.txt etc), others will be useful to tools. -Tim
