[FreeNX-kNX] nxlibs 1.5.0 and FreeNX 0.4.x

Terje Andersen terander at guard.zapto.org
Tue Jul 12 19:02:16 UTC 2005


Gian Filippo Pinzari wrote:

>Terje Andersen wrote:
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>>Is there any chance that !M has any archive that I can download the 
>>Snapshot 3 from?
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>
>Managing archives requires disk-space that requires more time to do
>back-ups that requires more people handling the Web infrastructure, and
>this just to make possible to download an old version of the software
>that one out of 100 is interested in downloading. I don't think this
>pays the bill. It's simpler to fix the problem in the software and
>upload a new version. The reason why we didn't upload a new version,
>as of yet, is because there are important changes to multiple compo-
>nents that might -really- break things. If a token overflow (something
>that, it is possible to fix by changing 1 line) requires all this over-
>head, imagine the overhead that would be caused by a set of components
>that do not even compile ;-).
>
>This is software under -heavy- development and I think that, if you
>are interested in development, you should keep your own archive of
>the development versions. I also suggest that FreeNX sets up its own
>CVS/SVN. We have our own develpment model that requires that software
>is delivered in "versions", not patches, but I think that a CVS/SVN
>would really help all those who are only interested in getting the
>latest version without incurring in the overhead of following the
>NoMachine releases.
>
Agree with you - I regreted sending the email as soon as it was sent. I 
can wait, as I'm more interested in the development progress going 
forward. Sorry for asking, Gian, should have asked the list instead - if 
at all!

:-) Terje




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