[oss-devel] oss source tarball name

[Hannu Savolainen]

Yair K. wrote:
> Hi,
>
>   Currently, the source tarballs are stored in the following manner:
>
>    1) Latest stable tarballs are stored in /developer/sources/stable/$LICENSE/ 
> and the name of the tarballs depends on the build number.
>    2) Older tarballs are stored in /developer/sources/stable/attic/
>
> This is a problem for those which use automatic scripts to build oss or 
> package systems which build from source. The latest tarball's name depends on 
> the build number, which means that the script must be updated every time a 
> new build is released. If said script wants to keep using a build after a 
> newer one is released, it still has to be updated, because the directory has 
> changed.
>   
I agree this is a problem. I will try to find a solution in the near future.

Best regards,

Hannu