[haiku] Re: Naming of current optional packages
- From: "François Revol" <revol@xxxxxxx>
- To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:15:45 +0100 CET
> Howdy,
>
> Currently, there are multiple versions of the same optional package,
> each being identified with the date that it was released (or
> compiled?).
> As a result, the name file of current version version changes
> constantly
> as new versions of the package are released.
>
> Would it not make sense to give the current version always the same
> file
> name, so that it is possible to link to them not having to worry
> about
> the filename changing with with every release?
IIRC it was done so to force newer to be downloaded by jam, else it
just wouldn't try.
François.
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