the Warren Bell wrote:
> Asa Dotzler wrote:
>
>> Warren Bell wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Anyone know what happened to the nightly builds? I went there and the
>>> directory's empty.
>>
>> It helps if you're a little more specific but I think I know what you're
>> asking. The ftp.mozilla.org/pub.mozilla/nightly/latest directory (what
>> you were probably referring to as "there") has been replaced with a
>> couple of new directories to try to keep the nightly trunk and nightly
>> branch builds (when we have them) seperate. The /latest directory
>> should now, or sometime soon, have a link to the new /latest-trunk
>> directory. When in doubt just step up a directory to see what's really
>> going on. Hope this answers your question.
>>
>> --Asa
>
>
> What's the difference between the /latest directory and the
> /latest-trunk directory? Which one should we download to test the
> latest changes or improvements?
latest directory _was_ (until very recently) exactly that, the _latest_
build. It did not necessarily contain the latest trunk build. It
contained whichever build had most recently finished which meant that
when we have a branch build or someone pushes a test build to the ftp
site that it landed in the /latest directory (this meant that sometimes
builds from the old MN6 branch which was cut on 9/22 and for the most
part finished in early November, would end up in the latest/ directory.)
People complained that the /latest directory contained builds which
weren't really the most recent Now we have a /latest-trunk directory
and the old /latest directory (I guess this makes it easy for folks with
old bookmarks or scripts) which are identical in content. Builds which
are not from the trunk (like milestone branch builds or test builds)
will show up in their own directory.
--Asa
