The download page should refer to the official releases location at https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/incubator/wave/
On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 4:24 AM, Michael MacFadden < michael.macfad...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ok that makes sense. I will start working on the downloads section. I > would like to get back in to coding after the release is done. Also > potentially reviving the maven build. But for now, I think working on the > web site will help let you all focus on code and release. So that is what > I will do to contribute for now! > > ~Michael > > On 12/22/13, 7:20 PM, "Ali Lown" <a...@lown.me.uk> wrote: > > >> Great news on GIT. I think that will hep us immensely. I have been > >> following a lot of the mailing list. Actually I spent quite while > >>reading > >> the list over the last few days. > > > >Yes. Subversion has been a point of 'stickiness' with new devs in the > >past, and the workflow was quite convoluted. > > > >> From an Apache perspective, I do think that since we have been > >>incubating > >> for several years now, it is important for us to make a release soon if > >>we > >> are to stay in this community. We need to demonstrate some forward > >> progress. > > > >Indeed. We have spent most of this year iterating through the previous > >4 release candidates, so I think it would be hard to argue that we > >have made no forward progress. > >Getting the first release (on such a large codebase) is quite > >challenging, but I think we are now quite close to being in a suitable > >state for thorough inspection by the rest of the Incubator. > > > >> So it sounds like we need to get through the search feature, then turn > >> back to an RC5 release? > > > >Yep. Making the release once the search feature is pushed is a few hours > >work. > >Then, we want votes. Lots of votes. :) > > > >> What about the web site. We don¹t really have a spot to advertise > >> releases. For a smooth re-entry, I could start to work on that as a > >> non-critical-path task, so that when we are ready to release the web > >>site > >> is ready. > > > >I haven't worked on that bit yet, since none of the RCs came close enough. > >If you could actually build the 'release download section' - which > >needs to make use of the Apache mirroring system - then that would be > >really useful! > >(Using the sample stuff on the wiki it can be thrown together in a few > >hours, but a polished, well-integrated download flow needs a bit more > >thought to link in to our existing site) > > > >More user documentation on the wiki (and actually pointing them to the > >wiki on the download/post-download page) is also always good! > > > >Ali > > >
