Sorry, I missed this thread and reported the same thing. I think i got the links working, I'll see if i can figure out some of this formatting. I dont know any of this much myself, only barely squeezing by to get the lucene Java releases out.
If anyone wants to help, here is link with a video on how to make edits and submit them (http://www.apache.org/dev/cmsref.html#non-committer) On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 11:21 AM, Andi Vajda <[email protected]> wrote: > Since the switch to the new Apache CMS, a year ago, the PyLucene website has > been a shameful wreck. > > I don't have the spare cycles to spend the time to fix it. Call it an > unfunded mandate (timewise). > > The good news is that anyone can actually fix it and send in patches to get > applied to the public site. > > You can either check out the sources or use the interactive interface on the > Apache CMS itself. > > It would be nice to inherit the look from the main Lucene site as well as its > buttons. > > See Lucene bug 2748 for details, especially Grant's comment from 06/Aug/2011 > 22:13. > > Clearly, the PyLucene site needs volunteers. It's not a huge task other than > the learning curve if battling with css and markdown. > > Any takers ? > > Andi.. > > On Aug 8, 2012, at 16:42, "Thomas Koch" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm also running Mac OS now (besides windows still ,-) and was able to build >> & install PyLucene 3.6.0.2 on MacOS-X (10.7/intel/Python2.7) without any >> problems - that's the good news. >> >> >> >> However it was quite difficult for me to get the download files and >> installation instructions: >> >> >> >> Download: >> >> ------------- >> >>> From http://lucene.apache.org/pylucene/ there is no visible download link >> (it even does not contain the word "Download"). There is a hint "Source >> distributions are available >> <http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/lucene/pylucene/> here." on the main >> page, below "News", though. >> >> >> >> The Install page at http://lucene.apache.org/pylucene/install.html has a >> download link in the news on the bottom of the page: >> >> "Lucene can be downloaded from >> <http://lucene.apache.org/core/mirrors-core-3x-redir.html?> >> http://lucene.apache.org/core/mirrors-core-3x-redir.html " ,but this page >> only lists the Java version. >> >> >> >> In the end I did open this manually "crafted" URL >> www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/lucene/ and was able to browse to a /pylucene/ >> folder. (because I didn't see the "source dist" hint in the first place). >> >> >> >> Install: >> >> -------- >> >> On the Install page at http://lucene.apache.org/pylucene/install.html there >> are broken links: >> >> "see JCC's <site:jcc/documentation/install> installation instructions " -> >> site:jcc/documentation/install >> >> >> >> The file INSTALL in the distribution says >> >> -- >> >> Please see doc/documentation/install.html or >> >> http://lucene.apache.org/pylucene/documentation/install.html >> >> -- >> >> But there is no "doc" directory in the distribution! (Same for README which >> points to non-existing 'doc/documentation/readme.html' - and the jcc/README >> and jcc/INSTALL). Possibly the doc-dir just slipped through the build >> process . (I've seen this directory before) >> >> >> >> There was some discussion about fixes to the website on the mailing list, so >> I thought this would be worth mentioning. >> >> >> >> Note there is a nice download button on the Java Lucene site at >> lucene.apache.org - that's probably the first thing most devs are looking >> for ,-) >> >> >> >> >> >> regards >> Thomas >> -- lucidworks.com
