<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/8/9 Alex Mandel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tech_dev@wildintellect.com">tech_dev@wildintellect.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
I have major concerns from a management perspective about not having<br>
version numbers in the files themselves. Especially with how many files<br>
get generated.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Alex, list</div><div><br></div><div>Just externalized the download size values for the 7z vm, iso and iso-mini as well as the required hd space for running VirtualBox with ISO file.</div>
<div><br></div><div>values can be updated in settings.py (placed in doc folder)</div><div><br></div><div>updated download.rst files and added a Writing Tip on top.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers, Frank</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
We already have an odd issue (though not sure if it's just<br>
horders/spammers) where some of the older versions are still heavily<br>
downloaded. The title makes it obvious to an end user which version they<br>
have in case they come asking for help.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
Alex<br>
<div class="im"><br>
On 08/09/2011 04:33 AM, Cameron Shorter wrote:<br>
> Frank,<br>
> As per one of your suggestions, I think that we are too close to 5.0<br>
> release, and as such shouldn't be introducing anything new like this<br>
> proposal. Lets come back and revisit for the next release.<br>
><br>
> On 09/08/11 20:39, Frank Gasdorf wrote:<br>
>> Update on this:<br>
>><br>
>> Replacement within target URLs for images isn't possible yet. I found<br>
>> an other solution but this would lead to images without links in the<br>
>> first step. And here is what I plan to do:<br>
>><br>
>> 1. enable extension "sphinx.ext.extlinks" in conf.py :<br>
>><br>
>> extensions = [ 'sphinx.ext.extlinks' ]<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> 2. define an extlink for the download area in conf.py :<br>
>><br>
>> base_download_release_url=<br>
>><br>
>> '<a href="http://download.osgeo.org/livedvd/release/%(projectversion)s/%(variable)s" target="_blank">http://download.osgeo.org/livedvd/release/%(projectversion)s/%(variable)s</a><br>
>><br>
>><br>
</div>>> <<a href="http://download.osgeo.org/livedvd/release/%%28projectversion%29s/%%28variable%29s" target="_blank">http://download.osgeo.org/livedvd/release/%%28projectversion%29s/%%28variable%29s</a>>'<br>
<div class="im">>><br>
>> % { 'projectversion': version,'variable':'%s'}<br>
>><br>
>> extlinks = {<br>
>><br>
>> 'osgeolive-download': (base_download_release_url, 'filename ')<br>
>><br>
>> }<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> 3. usage in download.rst page:<br>
>><br>
>> [..]<br>
>> .. image:: ../images/download_buttons/download-vm.png<br>
>> :align: left<br>
>><br>
>> :osgeolive-download:`osgeo-live-vm.7z: <osgeo-live-vm.7z>`<br>
>> (|osgeo-live-vm-7z-size|)<br>
>> [..]<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> 4. same procedure for the md5 files :<br>
>><br>
>> :osgeolive-download:`osgeo-live-vm.7z.md5 <osgeo-live-vm.7z.md5>`<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> I would suggest to rename the files that the version number is not<br>
>> included anymore. The download area has the dynamic version number<br>
>> taken from the VERSION.txt file (for example:<br>
>> <a href="http://download.osgeo.org/livedvd/release/%(projectversion)s/" target="_blank">http://download.osgeo.org/livedvd/release/%(projectversion)s/</a><br>
</div>>> <<a href="http://download.osgeo.org/livedvd/release/%%28projectversion%29s/" target="_blank">http://download.osgeo.org/livedvd/release/%%28projectversion%29s/</a>><br>
<div class="im">>> would lead into <a href="http://download.osgeo.org/livedvd/release/5.0/" target="_blank">http://download.osgeo.org/livedvd/release/5.0/</a> if<br>
>> VERSION.TXT has the line "5.0" in it )<br>
>><br>
>> But in this case its necessary to change ISO naming procedure...<br>
>> Please have a look at the patch file coming along with this mail.<br>
>><br>
>> pros:<br>
>> * single point to define download URL's<br>
>> * translators do not have to care about renaming<br>
>> * no version update required in rst files anymore<br>
>> cons:<br>
>> * update of shell scripts required for naming of ISO and 7z as well<br>
>> as md5 files (I have no chance to try the build with patched shell<br>
>> scripts)<br>
>> * changes would be close to release day, maybe it's better to change<br>
>> after 5.0 release ...<br>
>><br>
>> What do you think? Any opinions?<br>
>><br>
>> Cheers, Frank<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> 2011/7/7 Alex Mandel <<a href="mailto:tech_dev@wildintellect.com">tech_dev@wildintellect.com</a><br>
</div>>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:tech_dev@wildintellect.com">tech_dev@wildintellect.com</a>>><br>
<div class="im">>><br>
>> On 07/07/2011 11:37 AM, Frank Gasdorf wrote:<br>
>> > 2011/7/7 Alex Mandel <<a href="mailto:tech_dev@wildintellect.com">tech_dev@wildintellect.com</a><br>
</div>>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:tech_dev@wildintellect.com">tech_dev@wildintellect.com</a>>><br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5">>> ><br>
>> >> Frank,<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> No there is not a deployment script which uploads the ISOs,<br>
>> it's much<br>
>> >> more complicated than you think since that url is actually<br>
>> redirected to<br>
>> >> a tool that then sorts people's downloads amongst the 5 mirrors.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> The url as defined by the last release will be correct for the<br>
>> next<br>
>> >> release.<br>
>> >> Where:<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>><br>
>> <a href="http://download.osgeo.org/livedvd/release/[version]/osgeo-live-[version].iso" target="_blank">http://download.osgeo.org/livedvd/release/[version]/osgeo-live-[version].iso</a><br>
>><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>><br>
>> <a href="http://download.osgeo.org/livedvd/release/[version]/osgeo-live-mini-[version].iso" target="_blank">http://download.osgeo.org/livedvd/release/[version]/osgeo-live-mini-[version].iso</a><br>
>><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>><br>
>> <a href="http://download.osgeo.org/livedvd/release/[version]/osgeo-live-vm-[version].7z" target="_blank">http://download.osgeo.org/livedvd/release/[version]/osgeo-live-vm-[version].7z</a><br>
>><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> End up as:<br>
>> >> <a href="http://download.osgeo.org/livedvd/release/5.0/osgeo-live-5.0.iso" target="_blank">http://download.osgeo.org/livedvd/release/5.0/osgeo-live-5.0.iso</a><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> I'll just have to remember to stick to that naming convention<br>
>> when I'm<br>
>> >> making new versions<br>
>> >><br>
>> ><br>
>> > Correct me, when I'm wrong, I understood, that there is an<br>
>> naming convention<br>
>> > and if we use a pattern like the version replacement, we could<br>
>> change the<br>
>> > download.rst files in the way you summarized. So we don't have<br>
>> to care about<br>
>> > it in the future except the naming convention or uploading area<br>
>> will change.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Give me a go and I can update the download.rst files ...<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Cheers,<br>
>> > Frank<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> Yes go ahead and make the change to create the links dynamically.<br>
>> Those<br>
>> are the correct naming conventions we intend to use. The url is<br>
>> unlikely<br>
>> to change in the foreseeable future aside from a new folder for each<br>
>> version (which is accounted for in your method).<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks,<br>
>> Alex<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
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