LUCENE-10179 No longer check for release status on mirrors

[janhoy]

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-10179

[madrob]

I think we still want to keep a check for maven central?

[janhoy]

I think we still want to keep a check for maven central?

Ah, I forgot that was part of the script. Do you want to reinstate but simplify the script, or is it perhaps enough that the RM checks two URLs, i.e.
https://dlcdn.apache.org/lucene/java/{{ release_version }} and https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/lucene/lucene-core/{{ release_version }}/lucene-core-{{ release_version }}.pom.asc?

[madrob]

Could the release wizard check the paths exist rather than asking the release manager to do so? I don't think we need a script for that anymore, we could do it inline in the wizard, no?

[janhoy]

Could the release wizard check the paths exist rather than asking the release manager to do so? I don't think we need a script for that anymore, we could do it inline in the wizard, no?

Committed a function that performes the check inline. The output will be

The task will attempt to fetch https://dlcdn.apache.org/lucene/java/8.9.0/lucene-8.9.0-src.tgz.asc
to validate ASF repo, and https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/lucene/lucene-core/8.9.0/lucene-core-8.9.0.pom.asc
to validate Maven repo.

If the check fails, please re-run the task, until it succeeds.
Found https://dlcdn.apache.org/lucene/java/8.9.0/lucene-8.9.0-src.tgz.asc
Found https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/lucene/lucene-core/8.9.0/lucene-core-8.9.0.pom.asc

Q: Mark task 'Check that artifacts are available' as completed? (y/n): y

If it fails, it will print:

Retrying download of url https://dlcdn.apache.org/lucene/java/9.0.0/lucene-9.0.0-src.tgz.asc after exception: HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Could not fetch https://dlcdn.apache.org/lucene/java/9.0.0/lucene-9.0.0-src.tgz.asc (HTTP Error 404: Not Found)