[Project_owners] New download file RSS feed

[Michael Vincent van Rantwijk, MultiZilla]

Douglas E. Warner wrote:
> On Thursday 06 December 2007, Michael Vincent van Rantwijk, MultiZilla wrote:
>> This delay will only work for the downloads feed, so there won't be a
>> automatic 'grace period' because the CVS commit will in fact still show
>> up in the CVS commit feed, right?
>>
>> So; should people disable the CVS commit feed now, this to prevent
>> people from downloading within this 4 hours period?
> 
> The delay in files showing is only for the download files feed, correct.  
> Items will still show up instantly in the CVS log feed. 

Isn't that a little weird?  I mean, why have a parameter to delay the 
downloads feed if the actual CVS commit will still show up in the CVS 
commit feed?

> Whether the feeds 
> are enabled or not are up to the individual project owners to decide; we're 
> just trying to give the features that our users have requested.

Without a policy for this 'grace period' of 4 hours?  I would say; use 
the main mirror for emergency updates only, otherwise wait for the 
download mirrors to sync first before releasing new versions i.e. either 
filter the downloads directory out of it, or make the delay work for both?

-- 
Michael Vincent van Rantwijk
- MultiZilla Project Team Lead
- XUL Boot Camp Staff member (ActiveState Training Partner)
- iPhone Application Developer