On Mon, 8 Nov 2021 at 00:49, Justin Mclean <jus...@classsoftware.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > Purging old releases needs at least two data sources: > > - the list of files on downloads.apache.org <http://downloads.apache.org/> > > (or the dist.a.o source). > > This is trivial to obtain. > > - the list of current versions for each release. This is the most > > difficult part. > > The check dist area script I wrote attempts to do this. [1] It get the list > of released version from the download page and matches them up with what is > in the dist area.
However that assumes that you know where to find the download page(s). It also assumes that projects update their download page(s) to only show current releases. Once you have that information, the rest is relatively easy (unless the download page uses Javascript) > To be complete you also need to look in the archives (which I’ve not done > yet). It does have some of the issues you mention but it’s a start and > worked for abut 90% of Incubating projects. having something that works for > project project is probably a good start and it can be refined from there. > > Kind Regards, > Justin > > 1. https://github.com/justinmclean/ReleaseChecker/blob/main/checkdistarea.py --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org
