2013/6/10 sebb <seb...@gmail.com> > On 10 June 2013 21:32, Benedikt Ritter <benerit...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hey Sebb, > > > > Am 10.06.2013 um 21:31 schrieb sebb <seb...@gmail.com>: > > > >> On 9 June 2013 16:12, Benedikt Ritter <benerit...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> Hello sebb, > >>> > >>> Am 09.06.2013 um 16:38 schrieb sebb <seb...@gmail.com>: > >>> > >>>> On 9 June 2013 11:18, <brit...@apache.org> wrote: > >>>>> Author: britter > >>>>> Date: Sun Jun 9 10:18:42 2013 > >>>>> New Revision: 1491175 > >>>>> > >>>>> URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1491175 > >>>>> Log: > >>>>> Use viewvc instead of raw svn url > >>>> > >>>> How is the url used by plugins? > >>>> > >>>> Will using the viewvc URL mislead users into thinking they can > >>>> download the source from there using SVN? > >>>> > >>>> There are regular emails on the infra mailing lists where people > >>>> complain they cannot use the viewwc URL with svn. > >>>> > >>>> I suspect changing it may cause more issues than it resolves. > >>> > >>> This is the config that is used for example in [LANG]. It will cause > the Source Repository page to contain the viewvc link under the web access > section. > >> > >> Yes, I understand that. > >> > >>> The other sections on that page use the information from <connection> > and <developerConnection> > >>> There should not be any problems if users read the web site carefully… > >> > >> Sadly, that is often not the case... (otherwise the RTFM acronym would > >> not exist!) > >> > >> And even if they do, it's not made particularly obvious that the URL > >> is not suitable for SVN client access. > >> > >> The section says: > >> > >> "The following is a link to the online source repository." - that > >> could equally apply to SVN clients. > >> > >> The section header says "Web access" but "Web" does not always mean > >> HTTP(S); it's often used loosely to mean Internet. > >> > >> The fixed page text really ought to be clarified. > > > > I've done some research and I learned that the content of the Source > Repositories page is generated by the maven project info reports plugin [1]. > > There is a HowTo on how to customize the static texts of the pages > generated by the plugin [2]. > > I don't feel that it's necessary to do the customizing, because a lot of > the other proper components use the same default config of the plugin. For > the time I'm registered on the ML (which is quiet short, tbh) there has > never been a request from users about broken SVN links as far as I can > remember. > > > > But if you have the feeling that the information on our web sites is > insufficient, feel free to change this for CSV and all the other components > ;-) > > The docs only mention customisation via a file local to each build. > That would be extremely tedious for Commons. > > Is there a way to define the bundle in the parent somehow? >
I don't know for sure, but think that is not possible. I've moved this discussion to a new topic, maybe one of the others has an idea... > > > An alternative would be to raise an issue to change the default settings > of the project info reports plugin. > > Yes, but that could take months or years to find its way into a release. > The mills of ASF grind slowly ;-) But I don't see a better solution. We could revert the commit, but that would imply to change all components websites to point to the raw svn URL in <url> tag. > > > Benedikt > > > > [1] http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-project-info-reports-plugin/ > > [2] > http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-project-info-reports-plugin/examples/custom-report.html > > > >> > >>> Benedikt > >>> > >>>> > >>>>> Modified: > >>>>> commons/proper/csv/trunk/pom.xml > >>>>> > >>>>> Modified: commons/proper/csv/trunk/pom.xml > >>>>> URL: > http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/commons/proper/csv/trunk/pom.xml?rev=1491175&r1=1491174&r2=1491175&view=diff > >>>>> > ============================================================================== > >>>>> --- commons/proper/csv/trunk/pom.xml (original) > >>>>> +++ commons/proper/csv/trunk/pom.xml Sun Jun 9 10:18:42 2013 > >>>>> @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ CSV files of various types. > >>>>> <scm> > >>>>> <connection>scm:svn: > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/commons/proper/csv/trunk</connection> > >>>>> <developerConnection>scm:svn: > https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/commons/proper/csv/trunk > </developerConnection> > >>>>> - <url>http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/commons/proper/csv/trunk > </url> > >>>>> + <url>http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/commons/proper/csv/trunk > </url> > >>>>> </scm> > >>>>> > >>>>> <issueManagement> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > >>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > >>> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > >> > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > -- http://people.apache.org/~britter/ http://www.systemoutprintln.de/ http://twitter.com/BenediktRitter http://github.com/britter
