Re: [boost] [1.41.0] Beta 1 available

Subject: Re: [boost] [1.41.0] Beta 1 available
From: Vladimir Prus (vladimir_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-11-04 10:05:42

Beman Dawes wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 9:17 AM, Joaquin M Lopez Munoz <joaquin_at_[hidden]>wrote:
> 
>> Beman Dawes <bdawes <at> acm.org> writes:
>>
>> >
>> > On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 8:31 AM, Andrey Semashev
>> > <andrey.semashev <at> gmail.com>wrote:
>> >
>> > > Beman Dawes wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> Boost release 1.40.1 beta 1 is available from SourceForge:
>> > > You mean 1.41.0, not 1.40.1 or 1.40.0, right? :)
>> >
>> > Yep
>> >
>>
>> Numbering confusions extend to the names of the package
>> files themselves, I think:
>>
>> boost_1_41_1_beta1.7z
>> boost_1_41_1_beta1.zip
>> boost_1_41_1_beta1.tar.bz2
>> boost_1_41_1_beta1.tar.gz
>>
> 
> Ouch! Renamed via the SourceForge file manager. It will take an
> indeterminate length of time before the change is reflected in their release
> system.

It seems that file release system is the only feature of SourceForge that we use,
and that it's still kinda painful to use. Maybe, we should move? E.g. serving
files from the web server or using Google Code (which has scripted upload) or
something else?

- Volodya