Re: [GParted-Devel] About the new FRS on sourceforge

[Curtis G. <ge...@gm...>]

Hi Steven,

Thank you very much for following up on this problem and fixing it for 
GParted.  :-)

In some ways I prefer this new folder system over the URL parameter 
specification of file areas.

Regards,
Curtis

Steven Shiau wrote:
> Curtis,
> I was informed by the trac system of sourceforge:
> http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/sourceforge/ticket/1742#comment:5
>
> The "Download listing missing per-package and per-release only view" 
> was done. Therefore I have updated the download.php and index.php of 
> gparted website with the corresponding URLs. The changes have been 
> committed to git repository.
>
> Regards,
> Steven.
>
> Curtis Gedak wrote:
>> Hi Steven,
>>
>> Thank you for this link.  It does appear that there are multiple 
>> problems with downloads in the new SF File Release System.
>> https://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/sourceforge/report/17
>>
>> I also had a GParted user indicate that they were unable to make a 
>> donation to GParted using the SF donation facility.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Curtis
>>
>> Steven Shiau wrote:
>>  
>>> Hi Curtis,
>>> This is the one I opened:
>>> https://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/sourceforge/ticket/1742
>>> Actually this ticket was filed before the new FRS was released. The 
>>> new FRS does not fix the problem actually.
>>>
>>> I believe there are more similar tickets there...
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Steven.
>>>
>>> Curtis Gedak wrote:
>>>    
>>>> Hi Steven,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the heads up on this problem.  It is indeed very 
>>>> confusing when trying to download from a specific folder.
>>>>
>>>> Do you have a link to the bug logged with Source Forge regarding 
>>>> this problem?
>>>>
>>>> Curtis
>>>>
>>>> Steven Shiau wrote:
>>>>  
>>>>      
>>>>> Guys,
>>>>> I think maybe you have noticed that, a new FRS (File Release 
>>>>> System, I
>>>>> guess, i.e. Release Files for Download, see
>>>>> http://p.sf.net/sourceforge/FRS for more details) was launched by
>>>>> sourceforge last week. Here I'd like to share some of my 
>>>>> experiences if
>>>>> you have not tried it.
>>>>> I think the new one is better than before, since now it's possible we
>>>>> can release files by sftp files to some directories, and we can, e.g.
>>>>> use "mv" command from lftp to move files, or use "rm" command to 
>>>>> remove
>>>>> files, which were not possible before.
>>>>> However, there are still some problems... e.g. I can not edit the
>>>>> release notes, changelogs... Although I followed the hints "Right 
>>>>> click
>>>>> on a file or a directory to see a list of available actions (e.g. 
>>>>> Cut,
>>>>> Paste etc). Click a file to edit properties (e.g. Name, Label 
>>>>> etc).", it
>>>>> does not work.
>>>>> Another related problem is, there is not URL we can specify to users,
>>>>> e.g. we used to be able to use
>>>>> "http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=115843&package_id=271779" 
>>>>>
>>>>> to specify the "GParted live testing" for users, now there is no such
>>>>> link, so people will be redirected to a whole list of files 
>>>>> available,
>>>>> which is quite confusing actually.
>>>>>
>>>>> Those problems were filed in the trac system on sourceforge. Hope 
>>>>> they
>>>>> can be fixed very soon.
>>>>>
>>>>> Steven.
>>>>>
>>>>>               
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