Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-repository-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 46742 invoked from network); 9 Nov 2003 23:55:46 -0000 Received: from daedalus.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (208.185.179.12) by minotaur-2.apache.org with SMTP; 9 Nov 2003 23:55:46 -0000 Received: (qmail 25943 invoked by uid 500); 9 Nov 2003 23:55:31 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-repository-archive@apache.org Received: (qmail 25883 invoked by uid 500); 9 Nov 2003 23:55:31 -0000 Mailing-List: contact repository-help@apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Reply-To: repository@apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list repository@apache.org Received: (qmail 25870 invoked from network); 9 Nov 2003 23:55:30 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO osm.net) (212.198.17.4) by daedalus.apache.org with SMTP; 9 Nov 2003 23:55:30 -0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by osm.net (JAMES SMTP Server 3.0a1) with SMTP ID 942 for ; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 00:58:09 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <3FAED491.3030203@apache.org> Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 00:58:09 +0100 From: Stephen McConnell User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; WinNT4.0; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 X-Accept-Language: en, en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 To: repository@apache.org Subject: Re: Comments on URI Syntax References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N X-Spam-Rating: minotaur-2.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N Tim Anderson wrote: >>From: dion@multitask.com.au [mailto:dion@multitask.com.au] >> >> >> >>>>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. -- Stephen J. McConnell mailto:mcconnell@apache.org