Re: Status files and the Commons charter (was Re: cvs commit: jakarta-commons/math STATUS.html)

2004-12-08 Thread robert burrell donkin
On 6 Dec 2004, at 00:03, Phil Steitz wrote: snip Also, what exactly is the purpose of README.html in http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/commons/foo and why are these files not in cvs? Some components have this file and some do not. It is referred to in section 11 of

cvs commit: jakarta-commons/math STATUS.html

2004-12-05 Thread psteitz
psteitz 2004/12/05 15:19:11 Removed: math STATUS.html Log: Removed STATUS file obsoleted by project.xml, changes.xml - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL

Status files and the Commons charter (was Re: cvs commit: jakarta-commons/math STATUS.html)

2004-12-05 Thread Martin Cooper
This is actually a precedent-setting commit. ;-) Currently, the Commons charter states that a status file must exist, and, to date, I believe people have assumed that that file must be named either STATUS.txt or STATUS.html. Since, as Phil says below, this status file is obsoleted by the

Re: Status files and the Commons charter (was Re: cvs commit: jakarta-commons/math STATUS.html)

2004-12-05 Thread Phil Steitz
Martin Cooper wrote: This is actually a precedent-setting commit. ;-) No -- [dbcp], [codec], [launcher] and [pool] all show dead STATUS.html files in cvs attic. Several others - [configuration], [betwixt], [cli], [net] do not appear to have ever had a STATUS file. Currently, the Commons charter

Re: Status files and the Commons charter (was Re: cvs commit: jakarta-commons/math STATUS.html)

2004-12-05 Thread Phil Steitz
I also dropped RELEASE-NOTES.txt and was planning to include a link in README.html and on the commons download page to the changes.html generated by maven, similarly to what [configuration] does. Is that OK, or should I add this file back, putting the links to the maven-generated report in the

Re: Status files and the Commons charter (was Re: cvs commit: jakarta-commons/math STATUS.html)

2004-12-05 Thread Martin Cooper
On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 17:54:38 -0500, Phil Steitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Martin Cooper wrote: This is actually a precedent-setting commit. ;-) No -- [dbcp], [codec], [launcher] and [pool] all show dead STATUS.html files in cvs attic. Several others - [configuration], [betwixt], [cli],

Re: Status files and the Commons charter (was Re: cvs commit: jakarta-commons/math STATUS.html)

2004-12-05 Thread Phil Steitz
Currently, the Commons charter states that a status file must exist, and, to date, I believe people have assumed that that file must be named either STATUS.txt or STATUS.html. Since, as Phil says below, this status file is obsoleted by the combination of project.xml and changes.xml, at least for