Re: [Vym-devel] source downloads on sourceforge

[Jon C. <lim...@gm...>]

On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 8:27 AM, Heinz Wiesinger
<HMW...@li...> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I maintain a build script for vym over at SlackBuilds.org, which is basically
> the official unofficial addons repository for Slackware Linux. Since
> SlackBuilds.org provides build scripts (which build the software from source)
> rather than packages and doesn't host the necessary source files itself, we
> kinda depend on upstream projects having reliable download links to their
> sources.
>
> Now, with recent releases I realized that old versions are simply removed from
> sourceforge when a new one comes out. This is really not beneficial for me as
> the current version on SlackBuilds.org is 2.0.12 the download link for it is
> no longer available, which basically renders the script unusable.
>
> I'm afraid I lack the time to keep the build script updated for every minor
> release and even if I could, there'd still be a possible time between updates
> where the script is just broken.
>
> Thus my question, is there a specific reason old versions are deleted? Would it
> be a problem to at least keep the source tarballs around for a while longer?

Hi, Jon Ciesla, Fedora vym RPM maintainer and most-of-the-time vym
SF.net file wrangler.

I've not been deleting them, in fact, they're still there, look in the
Archive subfolder.  I think Uwe's been doing that, but he'll have to
confirm.

Also, I'll have 2.2.2 up on SF.net today.

-J

> Grs,
> Heinz
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