[haiku] Re: Naming of current optional packages
- From: Matt Madia <mattmadia@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:39:33 +0000
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 20:52, Urias McCullough <umccullough@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 2009/11/15 André Braga <meianoite@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> I believe Koki's suggestion is not to leave just the latest build available
>> for download, but to have a symlink along the lines of
>> packagename-latest.zip pointing to the latest build, like many projects
>> (FreeBSD and Mozilla come to mind) provide.
>
> I think that's a good idea - but I think rather we should just setup a
> page with URLs where people can download the latest versions directly.
> I still think it is sane to have the filenames be different, otherwise
> people have little clue what version they downloaded after the fact.
>
> The drawback to having a single link to download the latest version is
> that it becomes another thing that needs to be updated every time an
> optional package is updated.
>
That could also encourage end-users from installing OP's, which is not
preferable. Some OP's are dependent on the build system to install the
correct dependency, create symlinks, and add itself to AboutSystem.
(that last point is fairly moot, as no end-user installed binary gets
added).
--mmadia
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