Hi all,

I checked that on the incubator ML.

https://lists.apache.org/thread/gbwc1yypc03wb0hw1mf5fxwhh8ypzyrj

> Only releases made under the Apache Incubator can be hosted on ASF 
> infrastructure like kie.apache.org.
>
> Older (pre-Apache) releases such as 7.x or 8.x cannot be mirrored or served 
> there, but you may link to them from your download page if it’s made very 
> clear they’re non-ASF releases (e.g., add a note like “These are pre-Apache 
> releases and not ASF-approved.”).

So, we cannot move old docs/binaries to kie.apache.org.

Currently the kie.apache.org website has pages with links to the older versions.

https://kie.apache.org/docs/components/drools/drools_old_documentation
https://kie.apache.org/docs/components/drools/drools_old_downloads

I think that's the right direction. The wording should be improved by
clarifying they are non-ASF releases.

Would that be acceptable?

Regards,
Toshiya

On Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM Toshiya Kobayashi
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi, our mentors
>
> Is it okay to move the old downloads (released before our ASF move) to
> kie.apache.org so that users can download them?
>
> Regards,
> Toshiya
>
> On Fri, Oct 10, 2025 at 2:15 AM Jason Porter <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > For 10 and forward yes. For older downloads, which are not part of the ASF, 
> > we need to figure out what to do with them.
> >
> > --
> > Jason Porter
> > Software Engineer
> > He/Him/His
> >
> > IBM
> >
> >
> > From: Alex Porcelli <[email protected]>
> > Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 19:18
> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [DISCUSSION] Web site maintenance
> > Thank you, Toshiya!
> >
> > In regards the downloads, I'd argue that it would be better to move to
> > Apache. As it's the new `owner` of the brands.
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM Toshiya Kobayashi
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have filed a GH issue for the old docs migration. I'll work on this.
> > >
> > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie-issues/issues/2138
> > >
> > > Btw, regarding old version downloads, they are still available in
> > >
> > > https://download.jboss.org/drools/release/
> > > https://download.jboss.org/optaplanner/release/
> > > https://download.jboss.org/jbpm/release/
> > >
> > > (Note: they are not drools.org etc.)
> > >
> > > Do we also want to move them to kie.apache.org ?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Toshiya
> > >
> > > On Tue, Oct 7, 2025 at 11:36 PM Kennedy Bowers <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Sounds like a good idea, +1
> > > >
> > > > On 2025/10/07 05:07:45 Toshiya Kobayashi wrote:
> > > > > > Maybe we could move that content under ASF and have docs supporting
> > > > > > older versions?
> > > > >
> > > > > Yes, we can.
> > > > >
> > > > > If there are no objections or concerns raised within the next few
> > > > > days, I’ll create a GitHub issue for this task.
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > Toshiya
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, Oct 6, 2025 at 9:13 PM Alex Porcelli <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hi Toshyia,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thank you for the redirection, although I hear you about older 
> > > > > > version
> > > > > > docs... and I agree. My concern is that those domains should belong 
> > > > > > to
> > > > > > ASF, and pointing it to an external infrastructure is quite 
> > > > > > worrisome.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Maybe we could move that content under ASF and have docs supporting
> > > > > > older versions?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Mon, Oct 6, 2025 at 12:54 AM Toshiya Kobayashi
> > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hello,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I'm happy to inform that now drools.org, optaplanner.org and 
> > > > > > > jbpm.org
> > > > > > > are redirected to https://kie.apache.org/
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Note that docs subdomain (docs.drools.org, docs.optaplanner.org 
> > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > docs.jbpm.org) stay the same to provide old version documents.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Regards,
> > > > > > > Toshiya
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Fri, Jul 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM Toni Rikkola <[email protected]> 
> > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > We need to do the same for optaplanner.org and jbpm.org. Apache 
> > > > > > > > requires us to have everything under kie.apache.org.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Both of the websites have already been moved.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Toni
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On 2025/07/04 01:40:16 Toshiya Kobayashi wrote:
> > > > > > > > > Hi all,
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > We have migrated the contents to kie.apache.org.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > I'm going to ask the administrator of drools.org web server 
> > > > > > > > > (Red Hat) to
> > > > > > > > > redirect from https://www.drools.org   to 
> > > > > > > > > https://kie.apache.org/   .
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > I think this is not something like "proposal" or "vote", so 
> > > > > > > > > I'm notifying
> > > > > > > > > it here.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > If there are no objections for a few days, I'll proceed.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > > > > Toshiya
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > On Mon, May 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM Toni Rikkola 
> > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Current status.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Everything moved or there is an existing PR pending for a 
> > > > > > > > > > move.
> > > > > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie-issues/issues/1713
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > The blog will stay where it is. The kie.apache.org can just 
> > > > > > > > > > have the
> > > > > > > > > > product release and other project announcements. Everyone 
> > > > > > > > > > can blog where
> > > > > > > > > > they want and we can even link to those blogs from our 
> > > > > > > > > > Apache site.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > kie.org is pretty much just links to blogs, so nothing to 
> > > > > > > > > > move there that
> > > > > > > > > > is not already in kie.apache.org.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > There is a separate ticket for documentation. This only 
> > > > > > > > > > moves what is
> > > > > > > > > > worth the move from websites to the new location.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Toni
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > On 2025/04/28 07:44:50 Toni Rikkola wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > Thank you Toshiya. I will move Optaplanner.
> > > > > > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie-issues/issues/1936
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > Toni
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 28, 2025 at 6:50 AM Toshiya Kobayashi <
> > > > > > > > > > > [email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you for the initiative, Toni.
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > We have a parent GH issue: "Migrate KIE Websites to 
> > > > > > > > > > > > Apache
> > > > > > > > > > Infrastructure"
> > > > > > > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie-issues/issues/1713
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > I added a sub-issue : "Migrate drools.org to 
> > > > > > > > > > > > kie-website" :
> > > > > > > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie-issues/issues/1934
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > Toshiya
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM Toni Rikkola
> > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]>
> > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > I can start the work for drools and Toshiya offered 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > help. I can also
> > > > > > > > > > take
> > > > > > > > > > > > > on Optaplanner.
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > That leaves jbpm. I know dmn had a site setup, but 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > not sure if we
> > > > > > > > > > > > need/want
> > > > > > > > > > > > > a separate section for it in the future?
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Toni
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 25, 2025 at 2:56 AM Craig Russell 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Peanut here.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > What Toni sez.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Right now, an internet search for "drools" returns 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > links to the
> > > > > > > > > > > > obsolete
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > drools.org <http://drools.org/  > web site, which 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > makes it seem like
> > > > > > > > > > > > > drools
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > is dead. The downloads on the site are years old. 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Wrong message.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'd suggest to copy any current data still on 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > drools.org <
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://drools.org/  > to a section on 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > kie.apache.org <
> > > > > > > > > > > > > http://kie.apache.org/  >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > In "no time at all" search engines will notice that 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > drools is now
> > > > > > > > > > homed
> > > > > > > > > > > > > at
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > kie.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Until the domain expires, now redirect drools.org <
> > > > > > > > > > http://drools.org/  >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > kie.apache.org <http://kie.apache.org/  > .
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Unless this is done, the project is missing out on 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > a lot of
> > > > > > > > > > possible
> > > > > > > > > > > > > users.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Same for other domains that are now kie projects.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > HTH,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Craig
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Apr 24, 2025, at 03:57, Toni Rikkola
> > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Right now we have drools.org and kie.apache.org 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and I guess the
> > > > > > > > > > same
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > goes
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > for every other subproject.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Old sites
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > * They break the copyrights that Apache now has 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > for KIE.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > * They get a lot of hits and the site contents 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > are 1.5 years old.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Basically
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > they say the project is dead, use something else.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > * No updates. No mentions of the Apache releases
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > * Can go down at any moment since this community 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > does not fund
> > > > > > > > > > them
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > New site
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > * No content
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Both
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > * No, or minimal, resources to maintain them
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Looking at the fact that it has been years. It is 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > clear we have
> > > > > > > > > > no
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > motivation or man power to maintain these. So the 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > question is
> > > > > > > > > > what is
> > > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > shortest path to victory?
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My suggestion is we use the domains and forward to
> > > > > > > > > > kie.apache.org as
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > soon
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > as possible. Right now the old domains are 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > sending the wrong
> > > > > > > > > > signal.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am sure we have a lot of ideas, but also 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > consider where we get
> > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > resources to implement. For few years there has 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > been none.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Toni Rikkola
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