Re: mirrors, release publishing...again

2012-04-23 Thread Rob Weir
On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 9:57 PM, Mark Ramm m...@geek.net wrote: A few ways, some worse than others: 1) Offer several download links:  Download from Apache, from SourceForge, from MirrorBrain. Of course that doesn't balance the load, but maybe it would if we randomized the order that they are

Re: mirrors, release publishing...again

2012-04-23 Thread drew
On Mon, 2012-04-23 at 16:39 -0400, Rob Weir wrote: On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 9:57 PM, Mark Ramm m...@geek.net wrote: A few ways, some worse than others: 1) Offer several download links: Download from Apache, from SourceForge, from MirrorBrain. Of course that doesn't balance the load, but

Re: mirrors, release publishing...again

2012-04-20 Thread Kay Schenk
On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 7:36 PM, drew d...@baseanswers.com wrote: On Thu, 2012-04-19 at 21:57 -0400, Mark Ramm wrote: A few ways, some worse than others: 1) Offer several download links: Download from Apache, from SourceForge, from MirrorBrain. Of course that doesn't balance the

Re: mirrors, release publishing...again

2012-04-20 Thread Rob Weir
On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 6:06 PM, Kay Schenk kay.sch...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 7:36 PM, drew d...@baseanswers.com wrote: On Thu, 2012-04-19 at 21:57 -0400, Mark Ramm wrote: A few ways, some worse than others: 1) Offer several download links:  Download from Apache, from

Re: mirrors, release publishing...again

2012-04-20 Thread Kay Schenk
On 04/20/2012 09:24 AM, Rob Weir wrote: On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 6:06 PM, Kay Schenkkay.sch...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 7:36 PM, drewd...@baseanswers.com wrote: On Thu, 2012-04-19 at 21:57 -0400, Mark Ramm wrote: A few ways, some worse than others: 1) Offer several

Re: mirrors, release publishing...again

2012-04-19 Thread Rob Weir
On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 10:52 PM, Kay Schenk kay.sch...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all-- Please see: http://www.apache.org/dev/release-publishing.html esp the paragraph on Distribution sentence... === Distribution The Apache infrastructure must be the primary source for

Re: mirrors, release publishing...again

2012-04-19 Thread Kay Schenk
On 04/19/2012 02:19 PM, Rob Weir wrote: On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 10:52 PM, Kay Schenkkay.sch...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all-- Please see: http://www.apache.org/dev/release-publishing.html esp the paragraph on Distribution sentence... === Distribution The Apache

Re: mirrors, release publishing...again

2012-04-19 Thread Rob Weir
On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 11:37 PM, Kay Schenk kay.sch...@gmail.com wrote: On 04/19/2012 02:19 PM, Rob Weir wrote: On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 10:52 PM, Kay Schenkkay.sch...@gmail.com  wrote: Hi all-- Please see: http://www.apache.org/dev/release-publishing.html esp the paragraph on

Re: mirrors, release publishing...again

2012-04-19 Thread Mark Ramm
A few ways, some worse than others: 1) Offer several download links:  Download from Apache, from SourceForge, from MirrorBrain. Of course that doesn't balance the load, but maybe it would if we randomized the order that they are listed. 2) Have a single link, but it is JavaScript that then

Re: mirrors, release publishing...again

2012-04-19 Thread drew
On Thu, 2012-04-19 at 21:57 -0400, Mark Ramm wrote: A few ways, some worse than others: 1) Offer several download links: Download from Apache, from SourceForge, from MirrorBrain. Of course that doesn't balance the load, but maybe it would if we randomized the order that they are