The download size of sources alone is about 32M for each .zip/.tar.gz. I can't upload CHANGES.txt or KEYS to people.apache.org right now because of a firewall restriction, so I've attached the files for your convenience.
Karl On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Karl Wright <daddy...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am happy to provide clear-text versions of KEYS and CHANGES.txt if > that is what you require. I've just never seen any other Apache > project that did that. > > As for whether there should be separate source and binary > distributions, bear in mind that a binary-only distribution of > ManifoldCF makes little sense. ManifoldCF is unusual in that it > distributes a number of connectors which require third-party libraries > in order to compile. We do not distribute those libraries for > licensing reasons. Conditional compilation is used to build those > connectors for which you supply the right bits. The binary part thus > includes only the framework, and those connectors which depend only on > open-source code. This is relatively limited but makes it faster and > easier for someone to start things up right out of the box. > > So, effectively, you are asking us to not have a binary distribution > in order to save on space. Is this a firm request, or is this just > unhappiness at the download time? FWIW, I personally don't think such > a build will save a great deal tar/zip space, but I can certainly > check and get back to you. > > Karl > > > On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 10:28 AM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) > <chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov> wrote: >> Hi Karl, >> >> On Jan 6, 2011, at 7:14 AM, Karl Wright wrote: >> >>> Answering on Grant's behalf, the ManifoldCF artifact contains both >>> source and binary, and the KEYS and CHANGES.txt files are within the >>> artifact, as seems to be standard Apache practice. >> >> Well I won't say it's standard Apache practice in my experience. I've made >> probably over a dozen releases in about 3+ different Apache projects so far >> (Nutch, Tika, SIS) and I've always put out a plain-text version of >> CHANGES.txt and KEYS alongside the release artifacts. The advantage of doing >> so is that I don't have to download a 140 MB file before I can check what >> changes are part of the release. >> >> Also one of the things that Clutch checks in the Incubator is that there is >> a KEYS file in the distribution area, separate of the release artifacts. So, >> I would say it should be there. >> >>> You just need to >>> untar/unzip it. >> >> Thanks for the pointer. I'd like to see the source and binary tarballs >> separated. Strictly speaking, you really only need a source release, but >> it's up to you guys I think if you want to provide a binary one too. The >> advantage is that the source release is likely much smaller I'm guessing >> than the binary. >> >> Cheers, >> Chris >> >> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) >>> <chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov> wrote: >>>> Hi Grant, >>>> >>>> Is this a source or binary release? How are you guys making the release? >>>> Using Ant or Maven? >>>> >>>> Can you guys provide a KEYS and CHANGES.txt file as part of the release >>>> artifacts? >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Chris >>>> >>>> On Jan 6, 2011, at 5:12 AM, Grant Ingersoll wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> The Apache ManifoldCF community has voted to release our first set of >>>>> artifacts and now would like an Incubator vote. Since this is our first >>>>> release, extra attention to detail is appreciated. >>>>> >>>>> You can find the artifacts at http://people.apache.org/~kwright/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Grant >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org >>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>>> Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. >>>> Senior Computer Scientist >>>> NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA >>>> Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246 >>>> Email: chris.a.mattm...@nasa.gov >>>> WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ >>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>>> Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department >>>> University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA >>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >>>> >>>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >>> >> >> >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. >> Senior Computer Scientist >> NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA >> Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246 >> Email: chris.a.mattm...@nasa.gov >> WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department >> University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >> >> >
ManifoldCF Change Log $Id: CHANGES.txt 1050185 2010-12-16 21:55:42Z kwright $ ======================= Release 0.1 ======================= Release Date: See http://incubator.apache.org/connectors for the official release date. CONNECTORS-128: Remove sql quoting logic to make sql injection attacks less possible. (Grant Ingersoll, Robert Muir, Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-122: FileNet and Documentum connector-specific process scripts needed. (Oleg Tikhonov, Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-127: Broken FileNet Document Classes tab. (Oleg Tikhonov, Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-126: Added a performance tuning page to the site. (Farzad, Karl Wright) Removed modules level of tree, and revamped build.xml in anticipation of a release. (Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-125: Set the default max handles property to be consistent with a default PostgreSQL installation. (Farzad, Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-124: Add a null authority connector, so authority tests can be written. (Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-109: Hooked up user-defined functions in Derby to perform the needed regular expression matching and grouping. (Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-121: Fixed broken javascript in the Windows Share connector "insert here" button. (Fred Schmitt, Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-117: Revised manner by which dynamic table maintenance is performed, so that it can be controlled by configuration parameters. (Farzad, Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-116: Removed Memex connector due to intellectual property concerns. (Robert Muir) CONNECTORS-113: Add properties that allow quick-start example to work properly with PostgreSQL. (Farzad, Karl Wright) Name change to ManifoldCF (Community) CONNECTORS-107: Entering report forms now preselects all activities. (Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-106: noteJobCompleted() method in IOutputConnector now receives an activities object, so activities can be recorded. (Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-98: Convert the API into a RESTful implementation. (Jack Krupansky, Mark Miller, Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-104: Add convenience feature to web connector to limit hosts to those explicitly mentioned in seeds. (Jack Krupansky, Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-102: Web connector default throttling settings. (Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-103: RSS connector default throttling settings. (Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-105: File system connector UI enhancements, to use a table-based metaphor for paths and rules. (Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-101: File system connector paths should automatically get default rules added. (Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-57: Add support in Solr connector for selecting whether end-of-job commits take place, on a per-connection basis. (Jack Krupansky, Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-41: Add support in the framework for end-of-job notification to the associated output connector, which can take an extended period of time. (Jack Krupansky, Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-97: Web connector session authentication was failing for some sites due to cookies httpclient thought were illegal, but browsers would accept. (Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-91: Made the initialization commands more accessible via code. (Jettro Coenradie, Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-90: Fixed a localization issue where database errors that should be soft errors were instead interpreted as hard failures for non-English locales. (Carina <c.a....@gmx.de>, Marc Emery, Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-62: Added additional LCF API Documentation (Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-59: Packaged application so that it is ready to run with embedded Jetty App Server. (Jack Krupansky, Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-56: Enhanced API so that more features are accessible programmatically. (Jack Krupansky, Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-52: Updated documentation to reflect new features added to the Solr connector. (Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-51: Reduce the number of required system properties needed to run the JCIFS connector. (Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-49: Allow mapping of the metadata ID field in the Solr connector. (Rohan G Patil, Jack Krupansky, Erik Hatcher, Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-48: Improve rules description for the SharePoint connector. (Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-47: Framework UI called connector post-processing more than needed. (Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-46: Improve documentation for metadata with the JDBC Connector. (Rohan G Patil, Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-45: Allow specifying the Solr core name with the Solr Connector. (Jack Krupansky, Erik Hatcher, Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-44: Add metadata support to the JDBC Connector. (Rohan G Patil, Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-43: Wseless call to String.trim in MultiLineParser (Mark Miller, Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-42: Impossible cast in org.apache.lcf.core.database.Database (Mark Miller, Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-40: Change to a classloader-based plugin architecture (Jack Krupansky, Mark Miller, Erik Hatcher, Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-39: Allow abstraction of database transaction management. (Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-38: Add a jetty-based "quick-start". (Jack Krupansky, Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-37: Switch to an XML configuration file. (Erik Hatcher, Jack Krupansky, Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-36: Improve the Solr Connector's UI to be more intuitive. (Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-35: Add a method to reset the framework. (Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-33: Document how to use the framework programmatically. (Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-26: Rename war files from "tomcat" to "web" as there is nothing tomcat-specific about them. (Erik Hatcher, Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-23: Add usage examples to Command documentation (Damien Mabin, Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-22: Add support for ACLs to the Solr Connector. (Dominique Bejean, Peter Sturge, Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-20, CONNECTORS-3: Add an ant build system. (Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-18: The Lucene Connector was renamed to Solr Connector. (Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-17: Fix broken link in the Crawler UI's help page. (Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-16: Generalize JCIFS connector's fingerprinting. (Sami Siren, Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-14: Remove some javac warnings. (Robert Muir, Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-12: Improve whitespace formatting to be consistent. (Erik Hatcher, Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-11: Add automated build for the Apache2 Module. (Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-9, CONNECTORS-8, CONNECTORS-7, CONNECTORS-5, CONNECTORS-2: Remove Metacarta branding and setup. (Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-6: Move documentation from LaTeX to the wiki. (Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-4: Submit changes to other packages as patches. (Oleg Kalnichevski, Karl Wright) CONNECTORS-1: Created connectors website. (Grant Ingersoll)
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