Previously Steve McMahon wrote: > The adoption of buildout has aggravated a problem with the > PloneSoftwareCenter: it is very difficult to keep old versions of > product packages online. I have a proposal for a quick fix. > > Background > > PloneSoftwareCenter's current presentation of downloadables encourages > authors to delete old sub-versions within a release as they move > forward. For example, if you wish to release a new beta of an unreleased > product version, the natural path is to delete the old beta > downloadable, upload the new beta, then re-release the beta. > > Whether or not this was ever a good idea, it's a problem when buildouts > all over the Internet may be trying to pick up the old downloadable. > > Quick Fix Proposal > > On release pages, PSC currently labels every downloadable with the > current state of the release. Example: "Get ArchGenXML 2.0 (Beta release > 5) for all platforms". The author's label for the downloadable (e.g., > "Product Package") is on the next line. > > If we simple eliminate the current state portion of the downloadable's > title (the "(Beta release 5)" in the example), authors would be able to > add the release state to their own label. It would then be more > practical to maintain old sub-version downloadables.
+0.5 I would prefer to remove the generated label completely and show the authors download description instead. Wichert. -- Wichert Akkerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It is simple to make things. http://www.wiggy.net/ It is hard to make things simple. _______________________________________________ Product-Developers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/product-developers
