Binary packages section of info/release.php pages

[Ben Cooksley]

On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 1:57 PM, Albert Astals Cid <aacid at kde.org> wrote:
> El Divendres, 9 de novembre de 2012, a les 10:43:08, Eric Hameleers va
> escriure:
>> On Sat, 10 Nov 2012, Michael Palimaka wrote:
>> > On 2012-11-09 23:33, Sebastian Kügler wrote:
>> >> On Friday, November 09, 2012 00:27:18 Albert Astals Cid wrote:
>> >>> I was looking today at http://www.kde.org/info/4.9.3.php#binary and see
>> >>> there's only the Kubuntu information there when i know a few more
>> >>> distros
>> >>> have  released 4.9.3 packages.
>> >>>
>> >>> Do we still need that? It looks a bit sad how it looks right now (and
>> >>> has
>> >>> looked in the various releases).
>> >>>
>> >>> Do we want to remove it?
>> >>>
>> >>> Do we want to replace it with something else?
>> >>>
>> >>> Ideas?
>> >>
>> >> In its current state, I'd say: ditch it. If packagers would like to see
>> >> their
>> >> binary packages listed there (and it's not just one or two distros), then
>> >> we
>> >> need to find a way to add the binary packages as they arrive. Could be a
>> >> manual thing, asking someone to add a link there, even, or we put it on a
>> >> wiki
>> >> page, making it less maintainance work for the release team and easier to
>> >> edit
>> >> for those that would like to see their packages advertised.
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I wonder why packagers aren't updating that page anymore?
>> >
>> > I also note that http://www.kde.org/download/distributions.php is looking
>> > a
>> > bit sad too.
>> >
>> > If maintaining a list of which distro has what is not working, perhaps we
>> > could just list distros that carry it, linking to their respective KDE
>> > packages/guide/information/whatever?
>> >
>> > Best regards,
>> > Michael
>>
>> I asked Dirk on two occasions how I could add the Slackware packages
>> for KDE on that page, but I never revceived an answer. If anyone can
>> instruct me how to get access to that page for editing I would be
>> glad to update it!
>
> The file to modify is at
> http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/www/sites/www/info/binary-4.9.3.inc
> The problem i think is that it's ACL'ed so you might not have enough karma to
> commit there.

I can confirm that directory is access control protected.

I'm fairly sure we have granted permission to packagers to commit
there before - I know some packagers definitely do have commit
permissions for that directory.

>
> Cheers,
>    Albert

Regards,
Ben Cooksley
KDE Sysadmin

>
>>
>> Cheers, Eric
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