Legacy Releases from SVN Dist
We have three types of Releases to create using a "Pull from 'Dist'" process.
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Release Candidates from
dist/devas the Release Manager requests from within the ATR Web UI. -
Current Releases from
dist/releasethis will be used for the initial migration and may be used from time to time as PMCs use the old methods. -
Archived Releases which are migrated from the archive if not present in the Current Releases.
ATR Web UX
We will need pages to perform tasks related to the use of our legacy setup.
PMC Management Page
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Create Release Candidate - upload the packages for a release candidate from
svn:dist/dev. This page can also handle direct uploads. -
Legacy Release - upload an approved release from
svn:dist/release.
System Admin Page
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Synchronise Current Releases - scan
svn:dist/releaseand migrate any not in the ATR. -
Synchronize Release Archive - scan
archiverepository and migrate any archived not in the ATR as a Current or Archived Release.
Backends Hosting Release Artifacts
The legacy domains are currently connected to svn:dist/release as follows:
- rsync.apache.org has a directory that updates a checkout of
svn:dist/release - downloads.apache.org periodically rsyncs with rsync.apache.org
- archive.apache.org periodically rsyncs with rsync.apache.org without removing artifacts from the destination.
Transitional Steps
flowchart
subgraph Legacy
A[svn:dist/release]
B[rsync.apache.org]
A -->|svn| B
C["downloads.apache.org"]
D[archive.apache.org]
B -->|rsync| C
B -->|rsync| D
end
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ATR writes to SVN - ATR Releases write to
svn:dist/releaseas an interim step.- (a) ATR commits new changes to SVN dist release.
flowchart
subgraph Transition 1A
ATR[releases.apache.org]
A[svn:dist/release]
ATR -->|svn| A
B[rsync.apache.org]
A -->|svn| B
C["downloads.apache.org"]
D[archive.apache.org]
B -->|rsync| C
B -->|rsync| D
end
- (b) ATR both watches changes to and commits new changes to SVN dist release.
flowchart
subgraph Transition 1B
AA[svn:dist/release]
ATR[releases.apache.org]
AA -->|svn| ATR
A[svn:dist/release]
ATR -->|svn| A
B[rsync.apache.org]
A -->|svn| B
C["downloads.apache.org"]
D[archive.apache.org]
B -->|rsync| C
B -->|rsync| D
end
- ATR and Legacy are Integrated - Insert ATR into the rsync chain.
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ATR has a directory with the same organization as
svn:dist/releaseusing symbolic links to the Releases in the ATR Datastore. -
(a) ATR's rsync from rsync.apache.org should detect legacy release addition and deletion.
-
flowchart
subgraph Transition 2A
A[svn:dist/release]
B[rsync.apache.org]
A -->|svn| B
ATR[releases.apache.org]
B -->|rsync| ATR
C["downloads.apache.org"]
D[archive.apache.org]
ATR -->|rsync| C
ATR -->|rsync| D
end
Or
- (b) ATR coexists on rsync.apache.org and detects legacy release addition and deletion.
flowchart
subgraph Transition 2B
A[svn:dist/release]
subgraph ATR on Rsync
ATR[releases.apache.org]
B[rsync.apache.org]
ATR <--> B
end
A -->|svn| ATR
C["downloads.apache.org"]
D[archive.apache.org]
B -->|rsync| C
B -->|rsync| D
end
- Legacy is Retired -
svn:dist/releaseis retired.
flowchart
subgraph Transition 3
ATR[releases.apache.org]
C["downloads.apache.org"]
D[archive.apache.org]
ATR -->|rsync| C
ATR -->|rsync| D
end
- Further Integration - downloads.apache.org is hosted on ATR. Downloads.apache.org is multiple servers. ATR would need to work on multiple servers
flowchart
subgraph Transition 4
ATR["releases.apache.org"]
D[archive.apache.org]
ATR -->|rsync| D
end
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