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[Hamish Greig <hgreig AT bigpond.net.au>]

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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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