Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-repository-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 48006 invoked from network); 10 Nov 2003 00:03:13 -0000 Received: from daedalus.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (208.185.179.12) by minotaur-2.apache.org with SMTP; 10 Nov 2003 00:03:13 -0000 Received: (qmail 27376 invoked by uid 500); 10 Nov 2003 00:02:58 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-repository-archive@apache.org Received: (qmail 27345 invoked by uid 500); 10 Nov 2003 00:02:58 -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 27332 invoked from network); 10 Nov 2003 00:02:58 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.netspace.net.au) (203.10.110.76) by daedalus.apache.org with SMTP; 10 Nov 2003 00:02:58 -0000 Received: from binky (CPE-203-45-8-11.vic.bigpond.net.au [203.45.8.11]) by mail.netspace.net.au (Postfix) with SMTP id A81F4E2C63 for ; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 11:04:38 +1100 (EST) Reply-To: From: "Tim Anderson" To: Subject: RE: Comments on URI Syntax Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 11:05:49 +1100 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <3FAED491.3030203@apache.org> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Importance: Normal 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 > From: Stephen McConnell [mailto:mcconnell@apache.org] > >> 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. 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