On Mon, 8 Nov 2021 at 17:49, Jarek Potiuk <ja...@potiuk.com> wrote: > > > However this does not solve the issue of stale download pages: how do > you know when a release version is no longer supported? > > What do you mean? > > Is there a requirement for that that I missed? I believe the > requirement is only about removing artifacts from "downloads.a.o" and > this is a completely different issue.
That *is* what I am referring to. In order to remove artifacts from downloads.a.o, it needs to be established whether or not the release is still supported. If a release does not appear in any download page, then it is a candidate for removal (unless it is brand new). However if it does appear as a link to downloads.a.o in a download page, that does not necessarily mean that it is still a supported release. This is because projects don't always keep their download pages up to date, especially where there are individual pages for each release. For example, Airflow has download pages for 2.2.1 and 2.2.0; these both link to files on downloads.a.o. I suppose it is possible that there are plans to support updates to 2.2.0 separately from 2.2.1, but that seems unlikely, assuming that the project uses semantic versioning or something similar. > On Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at 6:42 PM sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Mon, 8 Nov 2021 at 17:11, Jarek Potiuk <ja...@potiuk.com> wrote: > > > > > > Yeah. We will have different URLs especially as more artifacts are > > > produced (airflow has 3 of those each with different download pages). > > > > > > But this should be straightforward when you can add the url when > > > registering the release (as Sebb proposed). According to the release > > > process you should register each such "release type" separately and > > > adding a URL there will do the job nicely. And initially it can be > > > optional and once we figure out how to communicate it best and maybe > > > try with some projects first we can make it obligatory at release > > > registration. We could make it convenient - for example an easy way to > > > copy a previously added URL from selected previous release or > > > autocomplete from previous entries - making the process of entry as > > > smooth (or even smoother) than it is today. > > > > Or you could just ask for the URL if the release is not already on a > > download page. > > This would mean parsing the page of course, but could be used to > > provide immediate feedback if the page is non-conforming. > > > > Asking for the page might also nudge projects to move to generic pages > > rather than one per release. > > > > However this does not solve the issue of stale download pages: how do > > you know when a release version is no longer supported? > > > > > J. > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at 4:19 PM sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Mon, 8 Nov 2021 at 11:29, Hans Van Akelyen > > > > <hans.van.akel...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > I think a certain level of uniformity would not be bad for this. > > > > > Having a fixed path to the downloads for each project makes it > > > > > simpler for > > > > > the users to "shop" for Apache projects. > > > > > > > > > > Having <project>.a.o/download/ as a link that should point to the > > > > > resources > > > > > makes it simpler for everyone. > > > > > > > > I agree, but expect a lot of complaints if you try to get this enforced. > > > > (and there's not much point unless it is enforced). > > > > > > > > > Kind Regards, > > > > > Hans > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 8 Nov 2021 at 12:19, Justin Mclean <jus...@classsoftware.com> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > It does indeed assume that, and a few other things. Currently policy > > > > > > doesn't specify what the download page URL should be, but once > > > > > > known I > > > > > > would guess it wouldn’t change often. > > > > > > > > > > > > Kind Regards, > > > > > > Justin > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > > > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org
