[eclipse.org-committers] Webmaster update: Your project's update site, q

["Eclipse WebMaster (Denis Roy)" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

In this issue:

1. Project Update sites on download.eclipse.org
2. Archived builds - thanks!
3. "Eclipse.org is down!"
4. New proposed CVS locations


1. Project Update sites on download.eclipse.org

Many projects are hosting Update sites on download.eclipse.org.  While 
this is a great idea, it bypasses any mirror sites we currently have in 
place. Unless I'm mistaken, Eclipse's Update Manager mirror site support 
is only available for the following six projects: Platform, EMF, GEF, 
UML2, VE and WTP.

I opened/commented on the following bugs to address some issues:

- Make it easier for eclipse.org projects to be in the Eclipse Features 
list: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=107514

- Update Manager should support HTTP redirects, such as the "Find A 
Mirror" script: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=99412

As a temporary alternative, you can use the Find A Mirror script to 
display URLs to mirrors hosting your update content.  For instance, 
using the AJDT's project as an example, their downloads page[1] at sais 
to use http://download.eclipse.org/technology/ajdt/30/update as the 
Update manager URL.  This URL could be replaced by a link to this:

http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/technology/ajdt/update&format=plain

Users can then use a nearby mirror to fetch the AJDT content using the 
Update Manager.


2. Archived builds - thanks!

I'd like to thank the projects who have moved older builds to the 
Archives location. As an added bonus, I claim ownership of all your 
archived release builds, giving you back disk space in your quota.


3. "Eclipse.org is down!"

Once in a while a reputed Eclipse committer sends me an e-mail with the 
above caption in the subject line without first checking the network 
conditions at their own end. This causes an immediate heart attack to 
yours truly, followed by irreperable brain damage and occasional twitching.


4. New proposed CVS locations

As per bug https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=107748, I'd 
like to propose new CVS root locations for all the CVS repositories at 
eclipse.org. The new paths would be pointers to the physical locations 
on the server. The purpose is to abstract the physical location in order 
to make it easier for eclipse.org sysadmins to transparently move the 
repository to a new physical path should the need ever be.

Please see the bug for more details and to comment and vote.



Thanks for taking the time to read this.

Denis


[1] http://eclipse.org/ajdt/downloads/

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