DarwinNE/FidoCadJ

FidoCadJ and FreeBSD

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DarwinNE commented

It seems that the FreeBSD package build server contains a FidoCadJ port which does not work.
Among other things, it still points towards Sourceforge, it would be better to have:

  • an update version of the port pointing to a 0.24.6 version
  • a link towards GitHub.

Here is a page describing the issue:
https://www.mail-archive.com/freebsd-pkg-fallout@freebsd.org/msg284993.html

nivit commented

Hi @DarwinNE

that error happens because you ship a distribution filename (fidocadj.jar) without a version number, so the checksum of old files fails. The FreeBSD port is updated: http://www.freshports.org/cad/fidocadj/

DarwinNE commented

Thanks!

So that problem should not appear with the GitHub release system, which include the version number in the file path? Can I close the issue?

Kind regards,

D.

nivit commented

Actually, we would need a filename with the version such as fidocadj-0.24.6.jar.

DarwinNE commented

I see. So the version number in the path is still not enough:

https://github.com/DarwinNE/FidoCadJ/releases/download/v0.24.6/fidocadj.jar

We will think about adding the version (as for the Windows installer), but in the next version...

Cheers,
D.

DanteCpp commented

I agree with @nivit,
the version should be also in the package name.
Now I am updating the developers' tools, so I could automate the naming of the package.

Cheers,
Dante.

DarwinNE commented

Hi @DanteCpp and @nivit
The real reason which is behind my reticence is not to rename the file: we will do that for the next stable release.

The real issue is that I would like to simplify as much as possible the release of each new stable version, which is a sort of a PITA. For example, updating the website is not something I really like to do (we are lucky that @MigthyThor helps a lot for that). When we used SourceForge, for example, I appreciated that the last version was always at the same place with the same name as the links remain the same. Currently, when a new release is out, the links in the website have already to be changed but @MigthyThor made sort that this is a relatively easy work. However, after all I noticed that having the release number in the filename helps a lot.

Any suggestion about simplifying things for the release is much welcomed.

Cheers,
D.

DarwinNE commented

FidoCadJ 0.24.8 will contain version number in the package filenames.

DarwinNE commented

The FreeBSD package is not maintained here. The change in the naming convention should help the maintainers. I therefore close this feature.