Subject: Re: pkg/33449 (pkgsrc documentation points to wrong link for
To: None <mishka@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,>
From: Mike M. Volokhov <mishka@NetBSD.org>
List: pkgsrc-bugs
Date: 05/12/2006 19:40:05
The following reply was made to PR pkg/33449; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Mike M. Volokhov" <mishka@NetBSD.org>
To: Thomas Klausner <wiz@NetBSD.org>
Cc: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org, www@NetBSD.org
Subject: Re: pkg/33449 (pkgsrc documentation points to wrong link for
 downloading pkgsrc tarball)
Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 22:39:21 +0300

 On Fri, 12 May 2006 21:31:58 +0200 Thomas Klausner wrote:
 
 > On Fri, May 12, 2006 at 10:22:21PM +0300, Mike M. Volokhov wrote:
 > > Is it ok if I change all pkgsrc-current tarball URLs from
 > > 
 > > 	ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/pkgsrc-current.tar.gz
 > > 
 > > to
 > > 
 > > 	ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc.tar.gz
 > > 
 > > ?
 > 
 > Actually, I'd prefer something like
 > ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/2006Q1/pkgsrc.tar.gz
 > i.e. point to the latest stable branch tarball by default.
 
 That goes without saying - mentioned page will of course got URLs to
 latest stable tarball.  :-)
 
 But I'm asking about URLs to pkgsrc-current. I've found two completelty
 identical versions (please see URLs above). Which URL is better for
 *current*? Please also note, the 2006Q1 is stored only once.
 
 --
 Mishka.