Re: [Shorewall-devel] [Shorewall-users] Shorewall 4.6.3.3

[Tom E. <te...@sh...>]

On 9/14/2014 6:11 AM, Thomas D. wrote:
> Hi Tom,
> 
> You wrote:
>> Our convention is that when a new version is released, the prior release
>> is moved into the 'superseded' directory.
> 
> That's a real problem for us.
> 
> I am suggesting the following change:
> 
> 1)
> http://www.shorewall.net/pub/shorewall/4.6/shorewall-4.6.3/superseded/
> 
> should become
> 
> http://www.shorewall.net/pub/shorewall/4.6/shorewall-4.6.3/archive/
> 
> 2)
> All files should be dropped in "archive".
> 
> 3) You may want to symlink the latest version if you want to keep a
> clean download directory with the latest version:
> 
> http://www.shorewall.net/pub/shorewall/4.6/shorewall-4.6.3/shorewall-core-4.6.3.3.tar.bz2
> -> archive/shorewall-core-4.6.3.3.tar.bz2
> 
> 
> This way we would always have a stable URI. The suggested change is
> small and shouldn't break any existing setup.

I'm moving this discussion onto the development list, given that changes
to the layout of the ftp site potentially affect all distribution
maintainers.

Thomas is complaining that URIs in the FTP site are transient, given
that files move into the superseded directory when they are superseded.

-Tom
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