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Sebb commented on COMMONSSITE-75: --------------------------------- There were several reasons why the /proper/ path segment was introduced: * consistency with sandbox/dormant * there are already some directories at top-level; using a sub-directory eliminates the possibility of name clashes * makes the extpaths.txt file much simpler; does not have to be editted every time a new component is added I'm not 100% sure why <componentName> was changed to commons-<componentName>. The former is available from ${commons.componentid}; the latter from ${project.artifactId}. I suspect it's not possible to use ${commons.componentid} directly, as that may not always be the correct value. However, it would be possible to introduce a new property which defaults to ${commons.componentid} and only override where necessary. I'm not saying that the layout cannot be changed, but it may not be trivial; it took a long time to get this one right. > Revert to short URLs for the component sites > -------------------------------------------- > > Key: COMMONSSITE-75 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COMMONSSITE-75 > Project: Commons All > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Site > Reporter: Emmanuel Bourg > > With the recent site update the components are now published at the URL: > {code}http://commons.apache.org/(proper|sandbox|dormant)/commons-<componentname>{code} > That doesn't make very friendly URLs. "commons" is displayed twice, in the > subdomain and before the component name. We should at least have: > {code}http://commons.apache.org/(proper|sandbox|dormant)/<componentname>{code} > And for the components in Commons Proper we should drop "proper" from the > path such that we are back with the same, short, friendly URLs: > {code}http://commons.apache.org/<componentname>{code} > or > {code}http://commons.apache.org/(sandbox|dormant)/<componentname>{code} -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira