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David Crossley commented on FOR-1068: ------------------------------------- I have made some local progress on this issue. I have a demonstration Ant build that finds the nearest mirror (list of preferred mirrors) try each until it gets the artefact, then get its signature and checksum from the main dist area. > plugins need to be managed via the ASF mirror system > ---------------------------------------------------- > > Key: FOR-1068 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FOR-1068 > Project: Forrest > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Plugins (general issues), Project administration > Reporter: David Crossley > > Forrest Plugins need to be deployed and downloaded via the ASF mirror system. > See http://www.apache.org/dev/mirrors.html > There are a number of reasons for this, e.g. being kind to the > infrastructure; faster local access. However, the main reason is that this is > where official PMC releases are required to be. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.