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[Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us>]

Quoting Benoit PAPILLAULT <benoit.papillault AT free.fr>:
> 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
> 
> 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)?
> 
> Btw, did someone notice the new download area where you can see whole
> filename? ... or am I just wasting my time? :-(
> 
> Waiting for comments,
> Benoit PAPILLAULT, ISO Guru

The new download area is where I saw the 'smgl-latest', which I never use, but
just thought I'd mention that it points to the wrong file.  I agree, the
symlink (which apparently isn't even a symlink) is a bad idea, and the
"standard" is to use a LATEST_<VERSION> empty file to denote what the latest
is.

-sandalle

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Eric Sandall                     |  Source Mage GNU/Linux Developer
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