* Re: Remove ftp://gcc.gnu.org/pub/gcc/releases/index.html ?
@ 2004-11-25 19:21 Volker Reichelt
2004-11-25 20:31 ` Mark Mitchell
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Volker Reichelt @ 2004-11-25 19:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: mark; +Cc: gerald, gcc
On 25 Nov, Mark Mitchell wrote:
> Gerald Pfeifer wrote:
>> On Wed, 24 Nov 2004, Mark Mitchell wrote:
>>
>>>>this is a proposal to remove the file
>>>>ftp://gcc.gnu.org/pub/gcc/releases/index.html
>>>>from our FTP-server.
>>>
>>>I agree. I've always thought this file was a bad idea, for the reasons
>>>you describe.
>>
>>
>> I was leaning to get rid of this file as well, following Volker's
>> analysis, so that makes three of us (including two maintainers).
>>
>> And gone it is. :-)
>
> Thank you! Would you also care to update releasing.html not to mention it?
>
> Thanks
That already happened: http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2004-11/msg02125.html
Regards,
Volker
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* Re: Remove ftp://gcc.gnu.org/pub/gcc/releases/index.html ?
2004-11-25 19:21 Remove ftp://gcc.gnu.org/pub/gcc/releases/index.html ? Volker Reichelt
@ 2004-11-25 20:31 ` Mark Mitchell
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Mark Mitchell @ 2004-11-25 20:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Volker Reichelt; +Cc: gerald, gcc
Volker Reichelt wrote:
> On 25 Nov, Mark Mitchell wrote:
>
>>Gerald Pfeifer wrote:
>>
>>>On Wed, 24 Nov 2004, Mark Mitchell wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>>this is a proposal to remove the file
>>>>>ftp://gcc.gnu.org/pub/gcc/releases/index.html
>>>>
>>>>>from our FTP-server.
>>>>
>>>>I agree. I've always thought this file was a bad idea, for the reasons
>>>>you describe.
>>>
>>>
>>>I was leaning to get rid of this file as well, following Volker's
>>>analysis, so that makes three of us (including two maintainers).
>>>
>>>And gone it is. :-)
>>
>>Thank you! Would you also care to update releasing.html not to mention it?
>>
>>Thanks
>
>
> That already happened: http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2004-11/msg02125.html
Outstanding!
--
Mark Mitchell
CodeSourcery, LLC
mark@codesourcery.com
(916) 791-8304
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* Re: Remove ftp://gcc.gnu.org/pub/gcc/releases/index.html ?
2004-11-25 11:25 ` Gerald Pfeifer
@ 2004-11-25 18:55 ` Mark Mitchell
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Mark Mitchell @ 2004-11-25 18:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Gerald Pfeifer; +Cc: Volker Reichelt, gcc
Gerald Pfeifer wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Nov 2004, Mark Mitchell wrote:
>
>>>this is a proposal to remove the file
>>>ftp://gcc.gnu.org/pub/gcc/releases/index.html
>>>from our FTP-server.
>>
>>I agree. I've always thought this file was a bad idea, for the reasons
>>you describe.
>
>
> I was leaning to get rid of this file as well, following Volker's
> analysis, so that makes three of us (including two maintainers).
>
> And gone it is. :-)
Thank you! Would you also care to update releasing.html not to mention it?
Thanks,
--
Mark Mitchell
CodeSourcery, LLC
mark@codesourcery.com
(916) 791-8304
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* Re: Remove ftp://gcc.gnu.org/pub/gcc/releases/index.html ?
2004-11-24 18:22 ` Mark Mitchell
@ 2004-11-25 11:25 ` Gerald Pfeifer
2004-11-25 18:55 ` Mark Mitchell
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Gerald Pfeifer @ 2004-11-25 11:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Mark Mitchell; +Cc: Volker Reichelt, gcc
On Wed, 24 Nov 2004, Mark Mitchell wrote:
>> this is a proposal to remove the file
>> ftp://gcc.gnu.org/pub/gcc/releases/index.html
>> from our FTP-server.
> I agree. I've always thought this file was a bad idea, for the reasons
> you describe.
I was leaning to get rid of this file as well, following Volker's
analysis, so that makes three of us (including two maintainers).
And gone it is. :-)
Gerald
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* Re: Remove ftp://gcc.gnu.org/pub/gcc/releases/index.html ?
2004-11-23 15:31 Volker Reichelt
@ 2004-11-24 18:22 ` Mark Mitchell
2004-11-25 11:25 ` Gerald Pfeifer
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Mark Mitchell @ 2004-11-24 18:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Volker Reichelt; +Cc: gcc, gerald
Volker Reichelt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> this is a proposal to remove the file
> ftp://gcc.gnu.org/pub/gcc/releases/index.html
> from our FTP-server.
I agree. I've always thought this file was a bad idea, for the reasons
you describe.
If we really want a file here, it should be a symlink to something that
is also served via HTTP, so that we can put it in the wwwdocs
repository. Furthermore, the data about the number of bytes in the
downloads should be either removed, or automatically generated.
--
Mark Mitchell
CodeSourcery, LLC
mark@codesourcery.com
(916) 791-8304
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* Remove ftp://gcc.gnu.org/pub/gcc/releases/index.html ?
@ 2004-11-23 15:31 Volker Reichelt
2004-11-24 18:22 ` Mark Mitchell
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Volker Reichelt @ 2004-11-23 15:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: gcc; +Cc: gerald
Hi,
this is a proposal to remove the file
ftp://gcc.gnu.org/pub/gcc/releases/index.html
from our FTP-server.
This file is terribly inconsistent:
* All releases of new branches are mentioned, but only some of the
older ones.
* For older branches, .tar.bz2 and .tar.gz archives are listed,
for newer branches only the .tar.bz2 archives.
* 3.0.4 is splitted in all sub-packages, all other releases only list
the complete archive.
* The text reads "Full distributions and updates to full distribution",
but no diffs are listed.
* "Last modified" is wrong etc.
This file seems to be prone to bitrot and does not provide any
information that one cannot obtain as easily by looking at the
directory listing ftp://gcc.gnu.org/pub/gcc/releases/ itself
(and entering the directory for a specific release).
In case we want to remove it, I'll prepare a patch to remove
the instruction to update the file from releasing.html .
Are there any more links pointing to releases/index.html ?
Regards,
Volker
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