What's he's saying is that it's intentional they become invalid, because it's a bad idea for people to download old versions of the app. Your app store needs to be able to keep users on the latest version - old links breaking shouldn't be an issue for that.
On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 10:14 AM, Tim Lebedkov <tim.lebed...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hello Gavin, > > Just to make sure you understand all the implications: once in a month > all links over the web to Bitcoin-Qt binaries become invalid. Is this > OK? > > Would it be at least possible to copy the newest version under "Obsolete" > too? > > -- > > On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 3:09 AM, Gavin Andresen <gavinandre...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 9:13 PM, Tim Lebedkov <tim.lebed...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> would it be possible to *not* move older versions of Bitcoin-Qt to the > >> "Obsolete" directory? > > > > > > No; they are in "obsolete" because they are obsolete, and should not be > > used. > > > >> This makes linking to a binary impossible and requires much more work > >> in the default Npackd repository > >> (https://npackd.appspot.com/p/org.bitcoin.BitcoinQ) > > > > > > That is a feature, not a bug. > > > > -- > > -- > > Gavin Andresen > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > October Webinars: Code for Performance > Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. > Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most > from > the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60134791&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > bitcoin-list mailing list > bitcoin-list@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-list > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60134791&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ bitcoin-list mailing list bitcoin-list@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-list
