Modernise the download page - #61
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This page was last touched in 2018 and still carried the ASF mirror-selection form. The mirror network was retired in favour of a single CDN, so that form now renders a "choose a mirror" dropdown offering exactly one entry, dlcdn.apache.org. The checksum, signature and KEYS links still pointed at www.apache.org/dist, which has been a 301 to downloads.apache.org for years. The page now matches the form the rest of the Maven estate already uses, finishing for this repository the sweep started in 2023: - the artifact from dlcdn.apache.org - the .sha512, .asc and KEYS from downloads.apache.org - older releases from archive.apache.org Two things go with the mirror section, both worth a reviewer's attention: - its in-page anchors, #mirror and the version-numbered subsection anchor, which becomes the stable #Files. In-page only; no URL changes. - the paragraph linking to /guides/mini/guide-mirror-settings.html. That page is still live, but it is advice about configuring a repository mirror in settings.xml rather than about downloading a source release, and none of the ~43 repositories already on the current form carry it. Dropping it is what converges this page with the rest of the estate; say so on the PR if you would rather keep it here. download.cgi is left in place. The ASF licence header is left exactly as it was. Generated-by: Claude Opus 5 (1M context)
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This page was last touched in 2018 and still carries the ASF mirror-selection form. The mirror network was retired in favour of a single CDN, so that form currently renders a "choose a mirror" dropdown offering exactly one entry,
dlcdn.apache.org. The checksum, signature and KEYS links still point atwww.apache.org/dist, which has been a 301 todownloads.apache.orgfor years.This finishes, for this repository, the "Refresh download page" sweep started in 2023 that stopped part-way through the estate. About 43 repositories are already on this exact form.
dlcdn.apache.org— note the current page has no usable artifact href at all in the static HTML, only the[preferred]placeholder, which resolves solely when served throughmirrors.cgi.sha512/.asc/KEYSfromdownloads.apache.orgarchive.apache.org, over httpsTwo removals worth your attention
#mirrorand the version-numbered subsection anchor go away with the mirror section; the latter becomes the stable#Files. In-page only — no URL changes. You cannot delete the section and keep its anchor meaningfully./guides/mini/guide-mirror-settings.htmlparagraph. That page is still live, but it is advice about configuring a repository mirror insettings.xml, not about downloading a source release, and none of the repositories already on the current form carry it. Dropping it is what converges this page with the rest of the estate — but say so on this PR if you would rather keep it here.download.cgiis left in place: it is the canonical download URL for every component (download.html301-redirects into it via a site-wide rule inapache/maven-site's.htaccess), so removing it would 404 the download page.The ASF licence header is left byte-for-byte as it was.
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Generated from a single canonical template that reproduces the existing form exactly; XML well-formedness checked, and a link-set audit run across all repositories in this sweep to confirm nothing is lost beyond the mirror-system leftovers listed above. Representative repositories were rendered before and after with a real site build. This specific repository was not individually rendered — flagging that rather than implying otherwise. Draft until CI is green.