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[Jason Flatt <jason AT flattfamily.com>]

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On Tuesday, October 28, 2003 12:36 am, Benoit PAPILLAULT wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I think this "latest" link is just a bad idea that was already discussed.
> Why it is a bad idea?
>
> -> the link is always moving (and it's not even a link)
> -> it's wasting space (since it's not a symlink, but a file copy!)
> -> we don't know if it should be updated for pre-releases or only for
> stable releases

lrwxrwxrwx    1 erics    sourcema       23 Oct 28 01:48 
smgl-latest-i386.iso.bz2 -> smgl-0.7.1-i386.iso.bz2

It is a link.  It is not a copy.


> I think that it should be replaced by a single file named
> "LATEST_IS_0.7.1". Btw, the ISO 0.7.1 has been announced on several
> mailing list : sm-admin, sm-announce, sm-users. There is a post
> on http://news.sourcemage.org and http://forums.sourcemage.org. I also
> make an annoucement on freshmeat. All those annoucements have a DIRECT
> link to the proper file.
>
> So, how people belonging to the core sourcemage team STILL download
> "latest" ??? Aren't you all suscribed to sm-admin (we have been told that
> it's for developpers recently)?

I rarely download any file labeled 'latest' or 'current' or what ever.  I 
want 
to feel reasonably confident that the file I am downloading is the version I 
believe I want.  I don't usually get that confidence with a 'latest' linked 
or named file.

I think that if the files are correctly named, a 'latest' link and a 'LATEST' 
file are both unnecessary.  I've never quite understood why people do the 
extra work.


> Btw, did someone notice the new download area where you can see whole
> filename? ... or am I just wasting my time? :-(

I noticed, also.  I think it looks good.


> Waiting for comments,
> Benoit PAPILLAULT, ISO Guru


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