On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 03:25:52PM +0200, Alain Knaff wrote: > Ingo Schwarze wrote: > >Salut Alain, > > > >i just realized that you seem to have removed a couple of bogus files > >from your mtools-3.9.10.tar.gz distribution tarball. > > > >While i certainly appreciate your effort to actively maintain the > >mtools software, i should like to respectfully draw your attention > >to the fact that changing published distribution files in place > >may cause problems for software packagers and redistributors, > >even when the changes themselves are apparently harmless. For > >example, the OpenBSD ports tree implements automated file size > >and checksum tests in order to assure distfile integrity before > >using or unpacking any distribution file dowloaded from the Internet. > >For that reason, it is generally preferable to publish changed > >distribution files under different names even when the changes > >themselves are trivial. > > > >How are we going to proceed now? > >Is someone going to replace mtools-3.9.10.tar.gz on the OpenBSD > >mirror network, patching /usr/ports/sysutils/mtools/distinfo at > >the same time? > > > >Thank you very much for your consideration, > > Ingo > > > >P.S. > >In case i misinterpreted the situation, sorry for the noise... > > > > Yes, indeed a while back I noticed that mtool-3.9.10 contained lots of > crap, and put up a cleaned variant. Sorry for the problems this has > caused, usually it is not in my habit of changing released files after > the fact. I'll shortly release a 3.9.11 (probably until next weekend), > and remove 3.9.10 completely, so that will hopefully clear up the mess... > > Alain
If you need the older pristine 3.9.10 archive, we still have it around...
