On Aug 3, 2011, at 4:31 PM, Gavin McDonald wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Marcus (OOo) [mailto:marcus.m...@wtnet.de] >> Sent: Thursday, 4 August 2011 8:54 AM >> To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org >> Subject: Re: How to handle the downloads? >> >> Am 08/04/2011 12:38 AM, schrieb Gavin McDonald: >>> >>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Marcus (OOo) [mailto:marcus.m...@wtnet.de] >>>> Sent: Wednesday, 3 August 2011 6:45 PM >>>> To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org >>>> Subject: Re: How to handle the downloads? >>>> >>>> Am 08/03/2011 02:17 AM, schrieb Gavin McDonald: >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: Marcus (OOo) [mailto:marcus.m...@wtnet.de] >>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, 3 August 2011 9:40 AM >>>>>> To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org >>>>>> Subject: Re: How to handle the downloads? >>>>>> >>>>>> Am 08/02/2011 11:03 PM, schrieb Gavin McDonald: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>>>> From: Marcus (OOo) [mailto:marcus.m...@wtnet.de] >>>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, 3 August 2011 12:55 AM >>>>>>>> To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org >>>>>>>> Subject: Re: How to handle the downloads? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks for you note. Then we should implement adownload method >>>>>>>> withthe fllowing order: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 1. User clicks on the One-Click-Download URL and get the software >>>>>>>> (like today on "download.openoffice.org"). >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 2. If not, he can use alternative download links (like today on >>>>>>>> "download.openoffice.org/pther.html"). >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 3. If a special mirror has to be used, the list of all available >>>>>>>> mirrors >>>>>>> will help >>>>>>>> (like today on >>> "http://distribution.openoffice.org/mirrors/#mirrors";). >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Latest with step 3 all users should be able to download something. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Yep, all possible here at the ASF right now. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> See www.apache.org/mirrors for our equiv of step 3. >>>>>> >>>>>> I've already understood that you don't want the OOo mirrors but >>>>>> that we should use the Apache ones. ;-) >>>>> >>>>> Hi Marcus, >>>>> >>>>> don't count me as 100% on that yet, I want to know more about the >>>>> OOo mirrors too. >>>> >>>> OK, if you have already questions just ask and I will try to give > answers. >>> >>> not yet, working on it, >>> >>>> >>>>> I just didn't want to be maintaining 150+ projects on one mirror >>>>> system and >>>>> 1 project >>>>> on another mirror system. maintaining one mirror system is easier, >>>>> so If that is possible and our mirroring system can cope, and we can >>>>> maybe coax a few more mirrors our way all the better. Some of our >>>>> existing mirrors may decide that bandwidth is too much and leave, so >>>>> we need replacements. >>>> >>>> I don't know about bandwidth but to get an impression about size and >>>> amount please have a look here. This mirror has rsync'ed everything >>>> that >>> was >>>> released by Sun and Oracle: >>>> >>>> http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/openoffice/ >>> >>> thanks, >>> >>>> >>>>> If it makes sense to try and merge these somehow, I want to pursue >>>>> that avenue. >>>> >>>> A first step should be to look for doubles. >>> >>> yep, >>> >>>> >>>>> We may need both for some time, we can not put non ASF releases on >>>>> our mirroring system anyway so what we are trying to resolve is from >>>>> our first ASF release onwards. >>>> >>>> Hm, when looking at this mirror it is already hosting non-Apache > software: >>>> >>>> ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/ >>>> >>>> Software from Apache and, e.g., OpenOffice.org is just a subset >>>> within >>> many >>>> other projects. >>> >>> Sorry, that isn't what I meant. The mirrors get their content from us >>> right, we can not provide them with non-asf released software to put >>> on their mirror copy of our dist tree [1] . They are of course welcome >>> to provide non-asf mirrors as most of them already do. >>> >>> [1] - http://apache.org/dist/ >>> >>> Gav... >> >> OK, let me try again. The mirrors can distribute what ever they want but >> within the Apache subdirs only ASF licensed software is allowed. Have a > got it >> right now? > > Spot on. > > And the only way non ASF licenses software will get into the Apache subdirs > is > if we put it there in the first place. > > A project makes a release and puts the files of that release into a specific > area of > svn. That then syncs up with our main dist area, mirrors then sync up from > there. > > IOW, the pre-existing mirror system for OOo needs to continue and be > referred to > in documentation and 'older releases' page so that folks can get pre-asf > released > versions of OOo from there. Only new releases from now onwards developed > here > at ASF will be put into our release/dist areas.
Here is the big question. As long as the Apache hosted version of download.openoffice.org points to mirrors with already existing OOo releases that were put on the mirrors by Oracle/Sun then we are A-OK? Correct? If so, then I think we are good to go as long as it is clear what is AL2.0 and what is not. Then the implication is that the magic on the download pages should clearly indicate AL2.0 or legacy - maybe with color, a title change and an Apache feather icon. Is that enough for us to keep JFDI? Regards, Dave > > HTH > > Gav... > >> >> Marcus >> >> >> >>>>>>>> Am 08/02/2011 04:38 PM, schrieb Donald Whytock: >>>>>>>>> A consideration...I for one have a need to be able to select my >>>>>>>>> mirror. My office's firewall blocks certain domains and >>>>>>>>> websites, especially those recognized as "hosting" or > "file-sharing" >> sites. >>>>>>>>> It does not, however, block .edu sites, so when I download an >>>>>>>>> Apache product I select a university mirror. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Other users may have similar constraints. If OOo's download >>>>>>>>> process is going to tie into Apache mirroring, please don't >>>>>>>>> completely eliminate the capacity to select the mirror. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Don >
