[Fedora QA] #60: Devise a better location for critpath.txt

[Fedora QA]

#60: Devise a better location for critpath.txt
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 Reporter:  kparal       |       Owner:     
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  major        |   Milestone:     
Component:  Wiki         |     Version:     
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 critpath.txt lists critical path packages [1]. Currently it is referenced
 as
 {{{
 http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/mash/rawhide-<<CURRENT
 DATE>>/logs/critpath.txt
 }}}
 or
 {{{
 http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/mash/rawhide-<<YESTERDAY
 DATE>>/logs/critpath.txt
 }}}
 depending on which page. Similarly for branched releases.

 This is not optimal. Very often the url just doesn't work. For example at
 the time of writing critpath.txt on F13 Alpha Release Criteria page [2]
 references rawhide-20100407/ directory, where critpath.txt is not
 available. Nor it is available in rawhide-20100406/ directory. Only in
 rawhide-20100405/ it is finally available.

 The very page Critical Path Packages [1] references critpath.txt for
 Branched release, which is available ATM, but also references critpath.txt
 for Rawhide, which is again not available.

 Let's imagine other use case - some automated tool must decide whether
 package in the critical path. It can't rely on path which are constantly
 changing and sometimes are not available.

 critpath.txt is created dynamically, so we probably must have the contents
 created every day or so. But we should devise such mechanism that the
 location is stable and the file is always available (if new contents fails
 to create, the old contents is still available). That will also allow
 third-party tools to rely on it.

 [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Critical_Path_Packages [[BR]]
 [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_13_Alpha_Release_Criteria

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