On 25 July 2012 18:52, Philip Nienhuis <pr.nienh...@hccnet.nl> wrote: > Carnë > Carnë Draug wrote: >> >> On 23 July 2012 15:39, Carnë Draug<carandraug+...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> On 21 July 2012 10:35, Philip Nienhuis<pr.nienh...@hccnet.nl> wrote: >>>> >>>> Carnė Draug wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hi everyone >>>>> >>>>> Sourceforge will be removing their phpbb forums (that's the place >>>>> where new packages are uploaded first). They have their own built-in >>>>> forums which were already activated. I'm also forwarding the e-mail I >>>>> received from them. >>>>> >>>>>> From now on, please upload new package releases to >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> https://sourceforge.net/projects/octave/forums/forum/1047943 instead. >>>>> I have changed the instructions at >>>>> http://octave.sourceforge.net/developers.html accordingly. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> It may be me, but once I logged in and clicked "Add topic", I cannot >>>> find >>>> the place/button to upload the package files themselves. >>>> >>>> Is there something I've overlooked? >>> >>> >>> Hi >>> >>> you are right. I did not notice that. When SF said that the other >>> forums were being removed and this was the alternative, I wrongly >>> assumed they had the same functionality. I'll open a ticket about it. >>> In the mean time, could you e-mail me the packages directly? >>> >>> Carnë >> >> >> I have created a ticket requesting support on how to do it but my >> guess is that on this forums it is simply not possibly to so. Then it >> struck me that we could use the trackers for this purpose. Please >> submit them here >> https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=2888&atid=3343767 from now >> on. I have once again adjusted the upload instructions accordingly. >> >> Carnë > > > The patch tracker is not a good solution. > I could only attach one file per message.
You can. The text "Add a file" is a button even though it really doesn't look like one. Just lick on text, even if the mouse doesn't change shape. > Furthermore, file size limit = 256 KB. The java package is bigger (1.1 MB). Actually there's other problems but when I went to their support, the answer for people using their old system is that they don't make changes to it anymore, only security issues. The solution is to upgrade which I don't have time at the moment and after OctConf not sure if it's worth it. > So they are now attached (uuencoded and all): > > Philip@DeskPRN ~/octave/dev/java-dev > $ cat md5sums.j129 > cb1a3cb5450be16ad1ecec22486f262b *java-1.2.9.tar.gz > ad006cb0e5c254c030dc61bd87f78d25 *java-html.tar.gz > > There's a NEWS file added now (Michael: a good overview of improvements > during the last two years). > > FYI: I have almost no time left for Octave this week, and then I'll be away > until Aug. 20. So if this fails again, someone else might make a new Java > pkg 1.2.9 release. It's uploaded. Carnë ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Octave-dev mailing list Octave-dev@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/octave-dev
