From: [[kgh]] <med...@kg...> - 2013-06-04 08:18:34
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You are right. I did not update the files at SourceForge and the pages on smw.o. Do not ask me why, since I do not know. The best I can come up right now is that I had senior moments but this is a bad excuse. However, I will do the updating now. Cheers Karsten Am 04.06.2013 07:49, schrieb badon: > I've pointed out this problem before, but last time was something like a year > ago, so I'll do it again. I see that the latest version of SMW is supposedly > "1.8.0.5 (2013-05-17)", according to the mediawiki.org page: > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Semantic_MediaWiki > > Using the extension distributor to download SMW gives me a file that has a > README that says version 1.7.1 is still beta quality - so I assume the > version offered on that page is actually a beta for 1.7.1, and not 1.8.0.5 > that I expected to get. > > So, I did some looking around, and followed the links to > semantic-mediawiki.org: > > https://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Installation > > That page claims to only offer information about "1.8.0", but it does offer > a link to "download", so I followed that link, which took me to a page about > downloading that doesn't offer much information: > > https://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Download > > Although that page just seems to be another wall between me and downloading > SMW 1.8.0.5, at least it has a link to the SMW download page at sourceforge, > here: > > https://sourceforge.net/projects/semediawiki/files/semediawiki/Semantic%20MediaWiki%201.8.0.4/ > > As you can see from the URL, that page only offers SMW version 1.8.0.4, not > 1.8.0.5 that is supposed to be the most recent release. So, I whipped out my > hacker-ninja skills and changed the 4 in the URL to a 5: > > https://sourceforge.net/projects/semediawiki/files/semediawiki/Semantic%20MediaWiki%201.8.0.5/ > > That page just gives me an error saying that the "file could not be found or > is not available". > > So, to summarize, I've been to 5 different web pages across 3 different > domains, and I still can't figure out how to download SMW 1.8.0.5. Keep in > mind, I'm an SMW veteran, so this isn't my first time on a wild goose chase > across the internet looking for SMW. Aside from pointing out all the walls > again, I'd just really like to know where to get the current release of SMW. > There must be a 6th wall somewhere that I've overlooked - or maybe there's > another shorter path that leads to the final wall. If so, can someone share > the URL? > > Oh, I just remembered, I think the last time this happened it turned out > that the version mentioned on the mediawiki.org extension page was actually > rescinded temporarily until some things could be polished a little better. > If that's the case again, then maybe 1.8.0.4 is actually the latest stable > version, and the extension page should be adjusted. I'll make that my > working assumption and get 1.8.0.4 for now, until someone responds to this > message with better info. > > > > -- > View this message in context: http://wikimedia.7.x6.nabble.com/6-walls-blocking-an-SMW-1-8-0-5-download-tp5006407.html > Sent from the Semantic Mediawiki - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > How ServiceNow helps IT people transform IT departments: > 1. A cloud service to automate IT design, transition and operations > 2. Dashboards that offer high-level views of enterprise services > 3. A single system of record for all IT processes > http://p.sf.net/sfu/servicenow-d2d-j > _______________________________________________ > Semediawiki-user mailing list > Sem...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-user > |