I agree with the logic about the zip file. But with other file types (e.g. JNLP files), deploying and testing really is necessary. See Issue 3296 for a discussion of this issue.
:D On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 8:01 AM, zwetan <zwe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Yes, in an ideal world downloads should be immutable. But this > > doesn't allow for the "create a download, try it, oops its broken, fix > > it" sequence of typical development activities that I've been going > > through with my new project. Sure I could (and have) tested my > > download file locally first, but there's nothing like testing in the > > real public website 'cause that's what everyone who uses the project > > will use. > > I really don't get the logic here > > it's a .zip file > > you should always test locally before uploading your file, that's it > > if you wait till your file is online ready to be downloaded to realize > that it is broken, > there is a problem imho > > also even for yourself you would want to avoid to download the file to > be able to test it, > that's the kind of thing that can give you huge development cycle > > a .zip is a .zip, wether you unzip it after a google code download or > locally (because duh you re producing the file) > the file and its content should be exactly the same > > in fact whatever is in the zip should be able to be build from the > sources > by someone doing a checkout on your repo and running the build (ant, > maven, make, etc.) > > zwetan > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Hosting at Google Code" group. > To post to this group, send email to google-code-host...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > google-code-hosting+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<google-code-hosting%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-code-hosting?hl=. > > > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- :Darren :Pearce ---------------------------------------------------------------------- *** Shop & Donate: http://buy.at/campuskids *** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- darr...@dcs.bbk.ac.uk Postdoctoral Researcher London Knowledge Lab, University of London ---------------------------------------------------------------------- darr...@sussex.ac.uk Visiting Research Fellow Informatics, University of Sussex http://www.informatics.sussex.ac.uk/users/darrenp/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- darren.pea...@gmail.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/darrenpearce ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hosting at Google Code" group. To post to this group, send email to google-code-host...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-code-hosting+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-code-hosting?hl=.
