Your proposed order seems good. I'd exclude GitHub if it's not scriptable (UI only) as this will hinder releases from the CI server.
2015-07-28 9:39 GMT+02:00 Emmanuel Bernard <emman...@hibernate.org>: > As some of you know Sourceforge has had a severe distributed file system > corruption and they have been working on it for a full week. You can read > their blog for regular updates http://sourceforge.net/blog/ > The concrete issue for us is that we cannot upload new files: Hibernate > Validator and Hibernate ORM are now pending a release. > > There are 4 options on the table > > Be patient:: > SourceForge will eventually reopen upload, I imagine it might take form > one to two weeks. > Their binary hosting support is relatively correct and all of our download > statistics are there. > > Move to download.jboss.org:: > JBoss has a facility to host binaries. WildFly amongst other uses it. We > can ask them if they are happy with it. > It is not connected to the rest of the forum/CMS infra, it’s a simple file > upload AFAIK so easily scriptable. > They also offer statistics but how needs to be investigated. > > Move to GitHub:: > GitHub has a binary upload facility. I could only find a web based > approach (can it be done programmatically?). > They don’t seem to have any statistics service, which is a big negative > point. > Also I don’t trust GitHub anymore for their binary hosting. They had a > version in the past that they scrapped with barely no notice. I’m not > exactly willing to give them my trust again. > > Move to BinTray:: > Binary hosting is their life and blood. People seem happy with them. It > seems however that the statistics require a paying package instead of the > free oss tier. > > I think we should try in the following order: > > 1. Be patient with Sourceforge (but for how long?) > 2. go for download.jboss.org and before that ask around for the process > and stability of the infrastructure > 3. explore Bintray > 4. GitHub (did I say that I no longer trust their binary hosting support?) > _______________________________________________ > hibernate-dev mailing list > hibernate-dev@lists.jboss.org > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/hibernate-dev _______________________________________________ hibernate-dev mailing list hibernate-dev@lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/hibernate-dev
