2.9 Changelog

[Ben Cooksley]

On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 10:23 PM, Jaroslaw Staniek <staniek at kde.org> wrote:
> On 26 February 2015 at 10:15, Ben Cooksley <bcooksley at kde.org> wrote:
>> On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 10:01 PM, Jaroslaw Staniek <staniek at kde.org> wrote:
>>> On 26 February 2015 at 08:31, Cyrille Berger <cberger at cberger.net> wrote:
>>>> On 2015-02-25 15:13, Jaroslaw Staniek wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks. I have one question @Cyrille.
>>>>> Why are the previous binaries removed (not just 2.8.0 but also 2.8.6?).
>>>>
>>>> When moving to the next major release, I always only keep the last minor
>>>> release of the previous one. The reason is to keep the mirrors small.
>>>
>>> OK
>>
>> I wouldn't worry about using mirror disk space. Sysadmin moves stuff
>> into the Attic as needed.
>> I do hope you've been moving to the Attic and not rm -rf'ing them...
>
> Cool. WiIl the original directory stay so URLs work as before, e.g.
> internally using symlinks?
> I guess not only calligra.org links there but some external sites.

Theoretically you could symlink it. Usually we just move it entirely though.
The policy with regards to old content tends to be allowing current
major + at least one (if not more) prior major versions, as well as
all relevant patch releases.

>
> @Cyrille so.. can we switch to this policy for now?
>
>>>
>>>>> Now users/packagers have no access to previous versions e.g. and links
>>>>> on previous announcements are now broken. This looks rather
>>>>> unprofessional.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What we should probably do is to edit the download link then. And replace it
>>>> with links to the tag.
>>>
>>> Sure, while we're in a computer era, any idea how to make it automatic?
>>
>> Please don't use links to the tag tarballs produced by
>> quickgit.kde.org - that will create undue burden.
>
> yeah
>
>>
>>>
>>> We're putting links like
>>> http://download.kde.org/stable/calligra-2.8.7/calligra-2.8.7.tar.xz
>>> I thought it's a direct link.
>>> How is mirror selected for that?
>>
>> Based on a number of geographical criteria. IP Netblock, ASN, GeoIP
>> co-ordinates, etc.
>
> Good, in the old times user were confronted with mirror selection IIRC.

This depends on the url you are publishing - you'll still get such a
page if you were to visit
http://download.kde.org/stable/calligra-2.8.7/calligra-2.8.7.tar.xz.mirrorlist
(Note the .mirrorlist)

Links without the .mirrorlist will result in a redirect to your
nearest mirror, unless there isn't one in which case we directly serve
it.

Cheers,
Ben

>
>>>
>>>
>>>>> Apps such as KDevelop don't seem to do that.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Cyrille Berger Skott
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Ben
>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> regards, Jaroslaw Staniek
>>>
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>
>
>
> --
> regards, Jaroslaw Staniek
>
> KDE:
> : A world-wide network of software engineers, artists, writers, translators
> : and facilitators committed to Free Software development - http://kde.org
> Calligra Suite:
> : A graphic art and office suite - http://calligra.org
> Kexi:
> : A visual database apps builder - http://calligra.org/kexi
> Qt Certified Specialist:
> : http://www.linkedin.com/in/jstaniek