The repository folks have thus far created several repositories: http://www.apache.org/dist/java-repository/ http://www.apache.org/dist/maven-repository/ http://people.apache.org/repository/
Other than filenames, which are meaningless when the artifacts are transparently downloaded by build tools, the contents of http://people.apache.org/repository/ makes no attempt to differentiate between artifacts (snapshots or otherwise) for official ASF projects, non-ASF projects, and Apache Incubator projects. The Incubator has consistently established clear guidelines that Incubator artifacts are supposed to require a deliberate, intentional, act of acceptance on the part of the user. Adding a general ASF repository of mixed content does not satisfy that requirement, in my view. I would be happier, I suppose, with a separate repository, e.g., http://incubator.apache.org/repository, that clearly indicates the nature of its contents, and contains only Incubator artifacts. Opinions? What do others feel? I am leaving orthogonal my view that it is entirely irresponsible to encourage or even condone the use of automatically downloaded artifacts without authenticating the content of those artifacts. --- Noel cc: repository@, but discussion to be on general@incubator.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
