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Re: README in our dist mirrors

From: Hyrum K Wright <hyrum_at_hyrumwright.org>
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:16:18 -0500

True, but if somebody lands in
http://archive.apache.org/dist/subversion/, they will see all the
tarballs, and might naturally look for a README. Having found it,
they would read the following text and be completely befuddled ("are
you telling me I can't download a release from here? It's the
archive!")

Anyway, it's really just a bikeshed, but those were my initial
impressions of what users may encounter.

-Hyrum

On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 2:13 PM, Daniel Shahaf <d.s_at_daniel.shahaf.name> wrote:
> /download/ and /packages are the canonical location for "Where do
> I download 1.6.x from?", so they ought to link to the archive.
>
> Hyrum K Wright wrote on Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 14:05:59 -0500:
>> Good idea.  However, this file will be mirrored to the archive, and
>> read there isn't technically correct, since the 1.6.x releases are
>> hosted on archive.apache.org.
>>
>> -Hyrum
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 11:11 AM, Daniel Shahaf <d.s_at_daniel.shahaf.name> wrote:
>> > I've added the following README to our dist/ directory on
>> > people.apache.org:
>> >
>> > [[[
>> > For stable releases visit <http://subversion.apache.org/download/>
>> > or <http://subversion.apache.org/packages>.
>> > ]]]
>> >
>> > This is since currently only 1.7.0-alpha2 (but no 1.6.x or 1.5.x) is on
>> > the Apache mirrors.
>> >
>
Received on 2011-06-24 21:16:51 CEST

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