Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-couchdb-dev-archive@www.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8E04563DB for ; Sun, 5 Jun 2011 04:29:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 71242 invoked by uid 500); 5 Jun 2011 04:29:23 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-dev-archive@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 70814 invoked by uid 500); 5 Jun 2011 04:29:22 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@couchdb.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: dev@couchdb.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list dev@couchdb.apache.org Delivered-To: moderator for dev@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 79519 invoked by uid 99); 4 Jun 2011 16:08:15 -0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.7 required=5.0 tests=FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RFC_ABUSE_POST,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (athena.apache.org: domain of norman.maurer@googlemail.com designates 209.85.214.180 as permitted sender) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=PA8g196jz57rH77KMIK77stvx3fixhQImjrwhnGffCY=; b=dTiGmjjG9xj3rMLiRBJKe8iF9cxz3fi0eC/CFOtFnJPIPgrju3u+p3b41PLSiXVELh jV/UfbeGTN89mkOdjPU2nK73R6BHsRloeoITPkSRhOgCu2gHBQCsFO4sjSOuQtpChXe+ /fNjcLCuWT6eRR8ylZ995sTyjz62GxNlEE7Ww= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=d3DXHZuVmGwnfvv6EgyQN4+klWmXJYUPYiv8Kv3DA9l4IXZOArsgoUrUNjSSRTCU51 oajdrUdEXX1oZcP4soovGY/t0myV+dnCUY+Fu+SoqDWRLcclJIc+VTVNRBHa5xefUXb1 UFRmfxT6pL6logP7MCjFAZhSxXiF4qCPS8sww= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <4D7888D4.8050309@apache.org> <4DB80719.10903@apache.org> <4DE95770.1010504@apache.org> <13db01cc2296$a0a776b0$e1f66410$@16degrees.com.au> Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 18:07:49 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [ACTION REQUIRED] www.apache.org/dist/ housekeeping From: Norman Maurer To: "board@apache.org" Cc: "infrastructure-private@apache.org" , "dev@couchdb.apache.org" , "private@couchdb.apache.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Am Samstag, 4. Juni 2011 schrieb Greg Stein : > > On Jun 4, 2011 5:17 AM, "Noah Slater" wrote: >> >> CCing dev@ again, as some non-PMC members will be interested. >> >> On 4 Jun 2011, at 10:06, Gavin McDonald wrote: >> >> > You have 0.11.0, 0.11.1 and 0.11.2 all of the same release line, you o= nly >> > need 0.11.2 with the >> > other two older releases being available in the archives area should a= nyone >> > want those. >> >> We have historically kept these releases on the downloads page so that p= eople have a migration path from the original point release through to the = most recent bugfix release, should that be needed. (This also helps people = understand what has been fixed/changed since the original point release.) A= s far as I understand, we cannot continue to advertise these on our downloa= ds page if they are archived, because we would not be able to make use of t= he Apache mirrors. > > Couldn't you talk about them on your web page, but have the link say "but= please use $CURRENT instead"? And maybe later in the page have a link to a= rchive "for non-current releases, see here". > > Would something like that work? > (The main goal here is to reduce the load on our mirror volunteers) > Cheers, > -g > Thats what camel does at least and it seems to w ork out so far;) bye norman