Re: Sourceforge file release bugs.

On Sat, 2004-02-14 at 20:13, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> I just finished uploading zinf 2.2.5 Fedora RPMs.  The zinf 2.2.5 release 
> also includes RPMs for dependent libraries (gtkmm, metakit, et al).

Wow.  Your fast :)

> In the process of doing that I came across some sourceforge bugs, that 
> others should be aware of.
> 
> The RPMs for the dependent libraries were uploaded earlier, as part of the 
> beta release, so I tried moving them from the zinf-beta package (which is 
> now hidden) to the zinf beta.
> 
> If I change the release on these files to zinf-2.2.5, the files are no 
> longer listed under the beta release.  But, they are also not listed on the 
> download page for the zinf 2.2.5 release.
> 
> At first, I thought they disappeared in the never-never land.  But then I 
> noticed that the files are listed on the file release admin page for the 
> 2.2.5 release.  They are listed on the file release admin page, but do not 
> appear on the download page.
> 
> I figured out that if I don't do anything on the 2.2.5 release page, but 
> merely push "Update/Refresh" for each file, the file will then appear on the 
> download page.  Definitely a bug.

Couldn't this be a feature and not a bug, as you can setup all the 
release file, then do one update/refresh and they magically all appear?


> Also, a "zinf-2.2.5.tar.gz" file was initially uploaded for the beta 
> package, and there's now a "zinf-2.2.5.tar.gz" uploaded in the zinf 2.2.5 
> package.  I've hidden the beta package, but did not touch the actual file 
> entry.  I suspect that if I tell sourceforge to drop the file from the beta 
> release, it'll drop the new file instead.  I'll wait until 2.2.6 is 
> released, before experimenting.

So even though they are different packages (zinf vs zinf-beta) they
are stored in the same place?  I am not really sure what you are saying
here.
The zinf-2.2.5 loaded under zinf is slightly different (couple of last 
minute bug fixes).


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Kristian G. Kvilekval
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