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Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 15:13:42 +0200
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Subject: Re: mod_jk release packaging and connector download move to
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Henri Gomez wrote:
> Glenn Nielsen a =E9crit :
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>> As part of the mod_jk 1.2.5 release I promised to move the JTC=20
>> download to
>> www.apache.org/dist so that the downloads can be mirrored.  Here are t=
he
>> changes I propose to make as I set this up.
>>
>> First, here is the directory layout for mirrored downloads at
>> /www/www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/tomcat-connectors :
>>
>> KEYS
>> jk
>> jk/README.html
>> jk/jakarta-tomcat-connectors-jk-1.2-src-current.tar.gz ->
>>  jk/source/jakarta-tomcat-connectors-jk-1.2.5-src.tar.gz
>> jk/jakarta-tomcat-connectors-jk-1.2-src-current.tar.gz.asc ->
>>  jk/source/jakarta-tomcat-connectors-jk-1.2.5-src.tar.gz.asc
>> jk/binaries
>> jk/binaries/aix
>> jk/binaries/freebsd
>> jk/binaries/iseries
>> jk/binaries/linux
>> jk/binaries/macosx
>> jk/binaries/netware
>> jk/binaries/solaris
>> jk/binaries/win32
>> jk/source
>> jk/source/jakarta-tomcat-connectors-jk-1.2.5-src.tar.gz
>> jk/source/jakarta-tomcat-connectors-jk-1.2.5-src.tar.gz.asc
>> jk2
>> jk2/README.html
>> jk2/jakarta-tomcat-connectors-jk-2.0-src-current.tar.gz ->
>>   jk2/source/jakarta-tomcat-connectors-jk-2.0.2-src.tar.gz
>> jk2/jakarta-tomcat-connectors-jk-2.0-src-current.tar.gz.asc ->
>>   jk2/source/jakarta-tomcat-connectors-jk-2.0.2-src.tar.gz.asc
>> jk2/binaries
>> jk2/binaries/aix
>> jk2/binaries/freebsd
>> jk2/binaries/iseries
>> jk2/binaries/linux
>> jk2/binaries/macosx
>> jk2/binaries/netware
>> jk2/binaries/solaris
>> jk2/binaries/win32
>> jk2/source
>> jk2/source/jakarta-tomcat-connectors-jk-2.0.2-src.tar.gz
>> jk2/source/jakarta-tomcat-connectors-jk-2.0.2-src.tar.gz.asc
>>
>> Each binary directory would contain a tar.gz, rpm, or zip for the=20
>> binary release
>> rather than .dll or .so files.  The archive would be named:
>>
>> jakarta-tomcat-connector-jk-{version}-{OS-Version-CPU}-{Webserver}.tar=
=2Egz=20
>> (.zip for windows, .rpm for linux rpm's)
>> linux rpms would go in the binaries/linux directory.
>>
>> Here is an example for mod_jk 1.2.5 for FreeBsd on i386 for apache 2:
>>
>> jakarta-tomcat-connector-jk-1.2.5-freebsd4.8-i386-apache-2.0.47.tar.gz=

>>
>> This will allow us to put multiple binaries in the same directory for =

>> different
>> jk release versions, OS versions, and web server versions and make=20
>> managing
>> the mirrored download and archive.apache.org directories easier.
>>
>> httpd includes the source with their binary distributions, I recommend=
=20
>> that we do
>> the same.  The binary release should contain the contents of the=20
>> source release
>> plus the binary files.
>>
>> Here is what I propose we do:
>>
>> 1. Coyote -=20
>> /www/jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-tomcat-connectors/coyote/releas=
e/
>>
>> This contains 9 coyote connector beta release and one release candidat=
e.
>>
>> Do we need to keep these?  If not, since coyote comes with the Tomcat =

>> releases,
>> why not completely remove coyote from the tomcat-connectors download?
>>
>> +1 to remove coyote from the download completely since it is part of=20
>> the Tomcat release.
>>
>> If we keep them, I will make the following changes.
>>
>> Take each release directory and create both a tar.gz and .zip for the
>> release, sign each.  i.e.  The jar files in v1.0-b1 are put into
>> apache-tomcat-coyote-1.0-b1.tar.gz.
>>
>> Place the tar.gz and zip files in the
>> /www/archive.apache.org/dist/jakarta/tomcat-connectors/coyote/binaries=
/=20
>> directory.
>>
>> 2. JK1.2 /www/jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-tomcat-connectors/jk/
>>
>> Remove the docs directory, point users to jakarta.apache.org/tomcat in=
=20
>> the README.html.
>>
>> Remove the nightly directory, no nightlies have been done.
>>
>> Reorganize the releases as described above.  Move old releases to=20
>> archive.apache.org/dist,
>> move the current release to www.apache.org/dist .
>>
>> 3. JK2 /www/jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-tomcat-connectors/jk2/
>>
>> Remove the docs directory, point users to jakarta.apache.org/tomcat in=
=20
>> the README.html.
>>
>> Remove the nightly directory, last nightly was done Oct. 5 2002.
>>
>> Reorganize the releases as described above.  Move old releases to=20
>> archive.apache.org/dist,
>> move the current release to www.apache.org/dist .
>>
>>
>> 4. Add a section to http://jakarta.apache.org/site/sourceindex.cgi for=
=20
>> downloading the
>> tomcat connectors from the mirror.

And something like:=20
http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/jakarta-tomcat-connectors/jk2/ in th=
e=20
mod_jk documentation we have a link to download.

>>
>> 5. Use a .htaccess file to add  a permanent redirect for=20
>> jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-tomcat-connectors to
>> www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/tomcat-connectors/ .
>>
>> Comments and suggestions welcome.
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> I'm fine with it but the Linux RPMs are problematic since there is by=20
> now just too many distributions to follow :
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> - Redhat 6.x, 7.x, 8.x/9.x
> - Suse
> - Mandrake.
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> There is way too mixed case, Apache 1.3, 2.0, 1.3 with SSL, so I sugges=
t=20
> to make a link to www.jpackage.org which take care of all the current=20
> distro and produce rpms accordingly...
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The *.so are quite easy to use=20
jakarta-tomcat-connector-jk-{version}-{OS-Version-CPU}-{Webserver}.so

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