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  • From: Hamish Greig <hgreig AT bigpond.net.au>
  • To: sm-admin AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Admin] ISO filename convention
  • Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2004 15:58:40 +1100

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On Sat, 3 Jan 2004 06:00, Jason Flatt wrote:
> > What is the problem with having hundreds of file in a directory? For
> > other software, most recent version are kept in the same directory.
>
> My personal opinion on this is that a directory with lots of files is
> messy, it's hard to find what you're looking for, and it's prone to
> download errors by selecting the wrong file. But that's just me. :^)
>

It's not just you.
It is messy, confusing, prone to errors and takes longer for the page to
generate/resolve.
IMO the most userfriendly approach is a directory for each release and in the
top dir a LATEST_IS_* file so people know which folder to open. It will take
the least maintenance in the long term too.

Hamish
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