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].
Thanks! > 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. I've seen a few on the Infrastructure mailing list, and I think there may have been some on the Commons User list. > 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 > ;-) > An alternative would be to raise an issue to change the default settings of > the project info reports plugin. > > 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
