Re: Old versions directories on the ftp site

2010/10/6 Devrim GÜNDÜZ <devrim(at)gunduz(dot)org>:
> On Tue, 2010-10-05 at 19:20 +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote:
>> We have a policy to keep two (IIRC) versions of each version in the
>> ftp site. How about we stick a README file in all the ones that are
>> not current saying something along the line of "NOTE! This is an old
>> release available for historical reasons only. You should probably use
>> the latest one". That will automatically render it up on the website,
>> which should make it at least theoretically possible that someone
>> reads it..
>>
>> Comments?
>
> Maybe we should use symlinks, like
>
> v8.4 -> v8.4.5
> v9.0 -> v9.0.1
>
> so, when every time someone searches for latest 9.0, he/she will get the
> latest 9.0.X.

Symlinks sound good - but do we still need to automate their management somehow?

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