There are a few thing to take into considerations : 1. An eclipse update site must provide a site map page [1] that has to change when a new version come. 2. The site map give the possibility to reference an other file that contains a list of mirrors.
So, we have to choose what we want to archive and mirror : - The jars - The site.xml - The mirror file I guess that we should mirror the jars, but I'm not sure about the site.xml and the page that list the mirrors. Note that in our case, there is an other 'page' to take into account : the page on which we indicate where to find the update site. This page must be on our web site, and could use a script similar to the download page in order to point the user directly to one mirrored update site (in that case, the site.xml would be mirrored as well) Finally, we should maybe raise that question (probably again) about an apache wide eclipse update site. Do you have any preference /advice here before we bring the question on the infrastructure list ? [1] http://help.eclipse.org/stable/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/misc/update_sitemap.html 2008/5/28 Stefan Bodewig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Tue, 27 May 2008, Gilles Scokart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Geronimo use the dist directory [1], UIMA use also their >> distribution directory [2], Maven host it on codehaus [3], Harmony >> use their web-site [4], and as Xavier said, Apache Directory also >> use their web site [5]. >> >> If it is technically possible, I guess using the mirrored dist >> directory is better. > > Please forgive this old Emacs user's ignorance, but I have no idea > what an Eclipse update site is. > > If it holds files we'd want to distribute it should go into the dist > directory, this is where our distributions live and it has the benefit > of being automatically archived at archive.apache.org. > > Stefan > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Gilles Scokart --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
