Beman Dawes:
The SF File Release System also has publicly available download statistics.Daryle Walker: > 1. The download option from SourceForge just uses our web space as > an archive depot. All other SourceForge projects I've seen use > SF's downloading facilities (file release). We could switch to it > to be more consistent with other SF projects, but we'll also get > automatic mirroring.
Personally, I would probably make the SF FRS the only way to download a Boost release.
One key to getting rid of silly mistakes is to automate any repeating tasks that can be automated. Automation is liberating.You're probably right. I'd need help on a few (probably minor) issues, however. One of the problems in the past was that I almost always make mistakes during the release runup.
The final step of creating a file release is not particularly easy to automate. So, the release manager may have to spend a couple of minutes filling HTML forms.SourceForge didn't have ways to back out actions, except to send pleading emails to their staff. Hopefully, they've fixed those issues by now.
However, the File Release System does:
- Allow changing the:
- release notes, etc... and
- files attached to a release.
- Allow hiding releases.
So, it is possible to either correct (or hide) any mistakes.
The first step in using the SourceForge file release system is to create a package that will contain releases. This step is done only once. The toughest part is to select a good package name, but 'boost' sounds good enough to me.
The steps that need to be repeated for every release are:
- Upload files to upload.sourceforge.net:/incoming.
(Can be easily automated.)
- Create a file release and attach the uploaded files to the release.
(Uses forms and is consequently more difficult, but not impossible, to automate. Takes less than 5 minutes when done manually.)
Regards,
Vesa Karvonen
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