You can make direct links to the file on downloads.a.o nowadays as that's the expected method. The mirror select is now a backend detail of the download site itself.
On Tue, 1 Sep 2020 at 10:04, Davyd McColl <dav...@gmail.com> wrote: > Matt > I don't mind doing so - I'd just have to update the base download html > file, if that's ok (and the download link on the main page as it points to > the .cgi). > > Most of the download page exists "as-is", but I can see that there's > placeholders for selecting mirrors. If I can simply replace those with > direct linking (and probably take out the drop-down that allows selecting a > different mirror), then that's no problem -- is that ok? > > -d > > On 2020/09/01 16:50:05, Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> wrote: > You can link directly to > https://downloads.apache.org/ as that site handles mirror redirects or CDN > or whatever it’s implemented as right now. That CGI script is ancient and > is no longer necessary as of, oh, many years I think? 😉 > > On Tue, Sep 1, 2020 at 01:17 Davyd McColl wrote: > > > Ralph, the log4net download link points to a cgi script; I've updated the > > associated download_log4net.html as I think would be correct, but I'll > only > > know once it's run through the cgi script (which simply refers to an > > external script, so doesn't really tell me what it does or expects). I > > gather this is for setting up the mirror links. > > > > > > > > The latest download html is commited to subversion -- please try again? > > > > > > > > -d > > > > > > > > On 2020/09/01 05:01:45, Ralph Goers wrote: > > > > Yes, I thought I had checked them but I can confirm those 2 sites are > > getting a 404. I have created > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/INFRA/issues/INFRA-20799 to get > > some help determining what the problem might be. > > > > > > > > I have also created > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/LOGGING/Managing+the+Git+Hosted+Web+Site > > to document editing the site and sub-projects. > > > > > > > > Ralph > > > > > > > > > On Aug 31, 2020, at 6:24 PM, Robert Middleton wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Something is funny with logging.apache.org - the links for log4cxx and > > > > > chainsaw lead to a 404 at the moment. I'm not sure if that's because > > > > > things are changing or if something else is messed up. > > > > > > > > > > I assume this means now that the site will be committed to git instead > of > > > > > svn? > > > > > > > > > > -Robert Middleton > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 4:15 PM Ralph Goers > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > >> The download link for Log4net is wrong even for the live site. For > some > > > > >> reason it doesn’t seem it was updated during the release process. > > > > >> > > > > >> Ralph > > > > >> > > > > >>> On Aug 31, 2020, at 11:47 AM, Matt Sicker wrote: > > > > >>> > > > > >>> Looks good to me. The download link on the log4net page is broken, > but > > > > >>> everything else looks good. > > > > >>> > > > > >>> On Mon, 31 Aug 2020 at 13:31, Ralph Goers > > > > >> > wrote: > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> The logging site is now working properly. Please look at > > > > >> http://logging.staged.apache.org < > > > > >> http://logging.staged.apache.org/ >. > > > > >> I will not work on documenting this in Confluence. I know that not all > > of > > > > >> the past log4j releases are in git yet. I will be taking care of that > > soon. > > > > >> Please let me know if you see any other problems. > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> Ralph > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>>> On Aug 30, 2020, at 10:21 PM, Ralph Goers > > > > >> wrote: > > > > >>>>> > > > > >>>>> Another follow-up. After a discussion on Slack with infra I > > > > >> determined that using GitHub pages isn’t what we want to do. I then > > > > >> modified the site to work with the normal “pub/sub” that infra > supports > > via > > > > >> the .asf.yaml files. The documentation for that says it supports > having > > > > >> sub-projects be hosted in separate repos so I followed those > > instructions. > > > > >> Unfortunately, those sites are not deploying. I have opened > > > > >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-20792 < > > > > >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-20792> to try to get this > > > > >> addressed but have not gotten a response to this yet nor to the > > questions I > > > > >> asked on Slack. Not surprising since it was a Sunday afternoon. > > > > >>>>> > > > > >>>>> I have not documented the process yet since I am not sure I did > > > > >> everything correctly. > > > > >>>>> > > > > >>>>> FWIW, I plan to hold off starting the log4j release process until > > this > > > > >> is resolve since trying to commit a new Log4j web site using svn has > > been > > > > >> taking at least 30 minutes. My experience in committing the preview > > site to > > > > >> my personal GitHub site has shown that it is significantly faster. > > > > >>>>> > > > > >>>>> Ralph > > > > >>>>> > > > > >>>>>> On Aug 30, 2020, at 11:29 AM, Ralph Goers > > > > >> wrote: > > > > >>>>>> > > > > >>>>>> I have created the logging site in git at > > > > >> https://github.com/apache/logging-site < > > > > >> https://github.com/apache/logging-site>. I used jbake to generate the > > > > >> CMS portion of the site. It is pretty easy. All you have to do is > > > > >>>>>> > > > > >>>>>> cd sources > > > > >>>>>> Make the required changes > > > > >>>>>> mvn install > > > > >>>>>> > > > > >>>>>> You will then have a viewable site in the /docs directory and can > > > > >> view it by opening docs/index.html in the browser. > > > > >>>>>> > > > > >>>>>> I created a .asf.yaml file with the intention of having a preview > > > > >> site on the asf-staging branch and the live site at master. However, > the > > > > >> instructions for the staging site seem to imply using pypubsub where I > > am > > > > >> attempting to use GitHub Pages for the live site. These seem to > > conflict as > > > > >> GitHub pages wants the site in the /docs directory while pypubsub > seems > > to > > > > >> imply it needs to be in the root directory. > > > > >>>>>> > > > > >>>>>> I am able to get a site up at > https://apache.github.io/logging-site > > < > > > > >> https://apache.github.io/logging-site> but it is not being reflected > at > > > > >> https://logging.apache.org . > > > > >>>>>> > > > > >>>>>> At this point without clearer instructions from infra I am not > sure > > > > >> where to go to make the site live. > > > > >>>>>> > > > > >>>>>> I have started a confluence page to document managing the site but > > it > > > > >> seems much easier than using the CMS. > > > > >>>>>> > > > > >>>>>> Ralph > > > > >>>>>> > > > > >>>>>> > > > > >>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>> On Aug 5, 2020, at 5:30 AM, Andrew Wetmore > > > > >> wrote: > > > > >>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>> Hi: > > > > >>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>> I am part of the Infrastructure team, and am writing to ask > whether > > > > >> your > > > > >>>>>>> project is still using the Apache CMS for your project website. > As > > > > >> you > > > > >>>>>>> know, the CMS is reaching end-of-life, and we need projects to > move > > > > >> their > > > > >>>>>>> websites onto a different option within the next few weeks. > > > > >>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>> There are several alternatives available, including those listed > on > > > > >> this > > > > >>>>>>> page [1] on managing project websites. Infra is assembling a Wiki > > > > >> page [2] > > > > >>>>>>> on migrating a website from the CMS, and is looking forward to > > > > >> helping > > > > >>>>>>> projects with this transition. > > > > >>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>> Please let me know whether your site is still on the Apache CMS > > and, > > > > >> if so, > > > > >>>>>>> who will be the project point-of-contact with Infra for the > > > > >> migration. > > > > >>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>> Thank you! > > > > >>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>> [1] https://infra.apache.org/project-site.html > > > > >>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>> [2] > > > > >>>>>>> > > > > >> > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/INFRA/Migrate+your+project+website+from+the+Apache+CMS > > > > >>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>> -- > > > > >>>>>>> Andrew Wetmore > > > > >>>>>>> Technical Writer-Editor > > > > >>>>>>> Infra > > > > >>>>>>> *Apache Software Foundation* > > > > >>>>>>> andr...@apache.org > > > > >>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>> < > > > > >> > > > https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail > > > > >>> > > > > >>>>>>> Virus-free. > > > > >>>>>>> www.avast.com > > > > >>>>>>> < > > > > >> > > > https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail > > > > >>> > > > > >>>>>>> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > > > >>>>>> > > > > >>>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > > >>> -- > > > > >>> Matt Sicker > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > > > > > -- > Matt Sicker > -- Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com>
