And there is no rule (yet) that there is only one format to rule them all. A transformation rule specified at project level in the reporter tool could do the trick as well.
Martijn On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 5:17 PM, Niclas Hedhman <nic...@hedhman.org> wrote: > Alex, > I think you made an assumption that "format" meant naming schemes of > releases, but it didn't. Simple "a defined way" to make that available for > reporter to pick it up with relative ease. > Your suggestion of a doap-based solution is equally a "format". The > important part, I think, is that "whatever way is chosen", that it is > documented and notified to PMCs, with optionality to use it. > > For me; DOAP is as good as anything, although there are probably a great > demand for linking that with Maven publishing "somehow". Since our Gradle > build is generating all kinds of meta data output anyway, one more wouldn't > hurt much. > > Cheers > > On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 10:31 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On 6/25/15, 7:18 AM, "hedh...@gmail.com on behalf of Niclas Hedhman" >> <hedh...@gmail.com on behalf of nic...@hedhman.org> wrote: >> >> >If the "format" is published, and the "reward" of following it would be >> >that the reporter picks it up automatically, it could lead to swift >> >adoption ;-) >> >> You might get push back about having to change naming schemes. >> >> I’m interested in a list of all current and past releases for my project. >> I was trying to figure out how to mine archive.a.o or the svn log for it. >> I’d be willing to maintain an xml file like in DOAP or elsewhere of not >> just the last, but all releases and links to their downloads with >> “friendly” names for the releases. Then reporter.a.o could grab from that. >> >> -Alex >> >> > >> >On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 9:26 PM, Daniel Gruno <humbed...@apache.org> >> >wrote: >> > >> >> It has been tried, and it did not work. >> >> People are too inconsistent across projects in how they name their >> >>release >> >> files, grabbing the version is nigh impossible. >> >> If we had some form of agreement on how to name files, then it would be >> >> possible. >> >> >> >> With regards, >> >> Daniel. >> >> >> >> >> >> On 2015-06-25 15:11, Martijn Dashorst wrote: >> >> >> >>> Is there a reason why the reporter.a.o can send a message to a release >> >>> manager that it detected a new release, but is incapable of >> >>> determining a version number and release date? >> >>> >> >>> Martijn >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >-- >> >Niclas Hedhman, Software Developer >> >http://zest.apache.org - New Energy for Java >> >> > > > -- > Niclas Hedhman, Software Developer > http://zest.apache.org - New Energy for Java -- Become a Wicket expert, learn from the best: http://wicketinaction.com
