Thanks for the speedy feedback..... On Feb 3, 2008 4:55 PM, Robert Burrell Donkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Feb 3, 2008 3:53 PM, Simon Laws <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > We know how we want our distribution directories structured (see start > of > > thread). > > great > > > There is a draft release page here ( > > > http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TUSCANY/SCA+Java+1.1-incubating > ). > > I'd appreciate it if you could give the URLs a quick once over to see if > > they are as you would expect re. mirroring. > > a few minor, non-normative recommendations > > "It can take a day or so for releases to propagate to all mirrors, so > if you are downloading something near the release date, please be > patient and retry the links from this page in the event that a > selected mirror does not yet have the download." > > i've found that it works better to hold off the announcement until the > mirrors have sync'd and i can test for myself that everything has > worked. (saves embarrasements.) so, i tend to initially put a notice > saying that the release is not yet available and then remove it once > i've tested the downloads. Ok, good idea. > > > "The PGP signatures can be verified using PGP or GPG. First download > the KEYS as well as the asc signature file for the relevant > distribution. Make sure you get these files from our main distribution > directory, rather than from a mirror (the asc and md5 links below take > you to the main distribution directory). Then verify the signatures > using, for example" > > i've found that users find sums easier than signatures. most users > will not be strongly connected to the apache web of trust. so they are > going to need to understand how to interpret the results. if you > recommend checking signatures, considering copying or linking to some > of the content on http://www.apache.org/dev/release-signing.html#faq. > Ok, I can do that. > > > When we get the go ahead it's left from me to upload the artifacts to > > www.apache.org/dist/incubator/tuscany/, set the correct group and > > permissions as documented and then integrate the new release page into > the > > Tuscany web site. > > yep (it's not really a go-ahead, more a > make-sure-you-know-what-you're-doing) > > you're planning to use the dynamic script? (rather than a custom > download script) Yes. The release artifacts themselves are linked via http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/incubator/tuscany/java/sca/1.1-incubating/apache-tuscany-sca-1.1-incubating.zip Etc. Maybe a custom scrip when we''ve got used to the new approach. But not yet:-) > > - robert > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
