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[Laurent Wandrebeck <l.wandrebeck AT wanadoo.fr>]

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 08:13:24 -0800
Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us> wrote:

> 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.

howdy !
i'd vote for having a 0 byte size file DEVEL_IS_# and STABLE_IS_#
clearer, simpler, no need for symlink, copy or whatever.
what do you think of it ?
regards,
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