Is there a way we can track the number of downloads with the apache mirrors?
On Thursday, September 26, 2013, Chris Mattmann wrote: > Hey Matei yep they have the signatures on them too. > > Cheers, > Chris > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matei Zaharia <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > Reply-To: "[email protected] <javascript:;>" < > [email protected] <javascript:;>> > Date: Thursday, September 26, 2013 8:11 PM > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Spark 0.8.0: bits need to come from ASF infrastructure > > >Maybe we can replace the link to "official Apache download site" in the > >release notes to point to the mirrors? Do the mirrors all have signatures > >on them too? > > > >Matei > > > >On Sep 26, 2013, at 10:59 PM, Andy Konwinski <[email protected]> > >wrote: > > > >> Thanks Roman and Chris, > >> > >> I see here http://www.apache.org/dev/release.html#mirroring that > >>"Project > >> download pages must link to the mirrors" but I don't see anything about > >> ordering. > >> > >> I'm definitely +1 for including a link to the apache mirrors as required > >> and providing the Cloudfront link first since this seems to satisfy the > >> apache requirements and provide a better experience for users. > >> > >> Patrick. Thanks again for all your hard work on this release and for > >> pushing back on parts of the Apache process as you go. That's how > >> do-ocracies stay healthy and evolve. > >> On Sep 26, 2013 7:23 PM, "Mattmann, Chris A (398J)" < > >> [email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> Hi Patrick will reply in more detail later but please know that > >>>linking to > >>> the apache download page is not a request it's a requirement. I will > >>> explain more in a bit. > >>> > >>> Cheers, > >>> Chris > >>> > >>> Sent from my iPhone > >>> > >>> On Sep 26, 2013, at 8:09 PM, "Patrick Wendell" <[email protected]> > >>>wrote: > >>> > >>>> Chris et al, > >>>> > >>>> I'm -1 on this because it has many negative consequences for our > >>> existing users: > >>>> > >>>> 1. Users who do automated downloads based on our posted URL's (of > >>>> which we get many thousands each release) will no longer work. Now if > >>>> they do "wget XXX" with our posted link, it will fail in a weird way > >>>> to due to the redirect page. Is there a version of the closer.cgi > >>>> script which just performs 302 redirects instead of asking me to click > >>>> on a link? > >>>> > >>>> 2. All other users have to click through an additional page to > >>>> download the software. > >>>> > >>>> 3. Amazon Cloudfront is, as a whole, much more reliable and higher > >>>> bandwidth than the mirror network. > >>>> > >>>> These are my concerns, that basically we're causing our users to have > >>>> a much worse experience. I've identified these concerns with moving to > >>>> the apache mirror, but perhaps I've overlooked some benefits that > >>>> would counteract these. Are there benefits? > >>>> > >>>> I completely agree that we need to send users to the signatures and > >>>> hashes at the Apache release site (to verify the release). So I did > >>>> add the link to this directly adjacent to the download. > >>>> > >>>> - Patrick > >>>> > >>>> On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 3:50 PM, Chris Mattmann <[email protected]> > >>> wrote: > >>>>> Hey Guys, > >>>>> > >>>>> Yep the link should by the dyn/closer.cgi link on the website and +1 > >>>>> to Roman's comment about auditing spark-project.org links to be > >>> replaced > >>>>> with ASF counterparts. > >>>>> > >>>>> Cheers, > >>>>> Chris > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> -----Original Message -- -- Reynold Xin, AMPLab, UC Berkeley http://rxin.org
