On 11/17/05, Jeremy Boynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > robert burrell donkin wrote: > > > > i've done some digging around and think that the software grant applies > to a > > specific, concrete instance of the source. this will typically be > examplared > > by a tarballed source artifact checked into subversion. am i right and > is > > the incubator the right place to check in this artifact (and if so, > where)? > > > > Another alternative would be to attach the archive to a JIRA/Bugzilla > issue associated with the target project. This allows it to be staged > before hitting svn.
yeh - that's probably how the transfer should be handled. however AIUI the ASF needs to ensure the donated artifact for kept for legal purposes. SVN is more widely mirrored and better backed up than issues.apache.org <http://issues.apache.org> and so seems like the proper destination. - robert
