[Lpr-discuss] Re: lpr project jan 2001 files

[Ben W. <be...@va...>]

> the ftp server is unusable, of course. 

Sorry about that -- it is our primary means of disseminating files.

> the jan 2001 files
> are there on the http server, but on the project files page,
> the jan releases are all marked *no files*. huh?

I'm not sure why this is. I'll ask Nick the guy who puts the files on
the server to fix it.

> 
> btw the hp links (and install script) rely on (1) the ftp
> server being usable or (2) for a manual install, the
> availability of those files for which there are no download
> links.
> 
> are the files hidden from download on purpose???
> 
> 

The overall reason why we went with the FTP service rather than the
file download service built into sourceforge was one of
simplicity. The process of putting a file up in the file download area
is a rather complicated process that goes through several web
forms. We haven't found a way to automate it yet. It must be automated
because we have something like 10 files for 6 or more distributions
and so going through each package would be very time consuming.

-ben