found something that can explain: when using the real url starting with / components/, the CGI script works [4] But not when using the user-visible url (that uses .htaccess rewrite rules) [5]
INFRA Jira issue opened: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-15513 Regards, Hervé [4] https://maven.apache.org/components/plugins/maven-jdeprscan-plugin/ download.cgi [5] https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-jdeprscan-plugin/download.cgi Le samedi 18 novembre 2017, 01:18:27 CET Hervé BOUTEMY a écrit : > ok, xdoc/download.xml.vm was missing for this new plugin: I added it and > manually added a generated html result to svnpubsub location [1] > > this is not yet sufficient: I don't know why download.cgi script does not > find download.html > > this is working on main Maven site [2] from its own svnpubsub location [3] > > any hint? > > Regards, > > Hervé > > [1] https://svn.apache.org/repos/infra/websites/production/maven/components/ > plugins/maven-jdeprscan-plugin/ > > [2] http://maven.apache.org/download.cgi > > [3] https://svn.apache.org/repos/infra/websites/production/maven/content/ > > Le vendredi 17 novembre 2017, 12:47:51 CET Hervé BOUTEMY a écrit : > > the deeplink used to work: that's the objective of our > > "resources/download.cgi + xdoc/download.xml.vm" pattern that was created > > some years ago. > > download.cgi is supposed to use standard ASF script that uses > > download.html > > as content > > > > I don't know why this does not work any more. > > > > I vaguely remember something a few years ago about executable bit, some > > headache I had at that time to try to fix working with interested people > > (ie. not many, but Sebb was probably one of the few). Perhaps it's time to > > rework on it: I'll see tonight if I can find references on the analysis > > already done at that time. > > > > Regards, > > > > Hervé > > > > Le vendredi 17 novembre 2017, 12:27:49 CET Robert Scholte a écrit : > > > This topic deserves a separate mailthread. > > > > > > Quoting Sebb on a different thread: > > > "The download link points to the top-level of the ASF mirror system. > > > > > > This makes it very hard to use." > > > > > > AFAIK the ASF says there should be a download button for every released > > > product. > > > In case of Maven we're talking about a lot of projects, and downloads > > > should be redirected via a mirror. > > > I don't think it is possible to do a deeplink to a specific folder. > > > > > > Also, in case of Maven plugins and other dependencies (all excluding the > > > Maven distribution itself) it is kind of strange to provide a download > > > link when we could assume that they only want to have the > > > plugin/dependency XML fragment. > > > > > > I agree that the link is kind of useless right now, but also the best we > > > can do when providing a direct download link. > > > If there's no way to do a deeplink, I'd prefer to remove it from the > > > pages > > > and announcements. > > > > > > thanks, > > > Robert > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org