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.

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