I see now that there's been another discussion of this issue: http://groups.google.com/group/google-code-hosting/browse_thread/thread/61b471c6e41cf893# where this was said:
"Downloads are, by and large, meant to be immutable. It is good to have a stable URL for software releases. With this use case in mind, we serve files with HTTP caching headers set to cache the download, so as to play nicely with caching proxies along the way. This has the unfortunate side-effect that when you change the content, the old content is likely to be served by caching proxies for a while after the change." What exactly does "for a while" mean in the above statement? At some time in the future will my latest upload be the one downloaded? How will I know when? Yes, in an ideal world downloads should be immutable. But this doesn't allow for the "create a download, try it, oops its broken, fix it" sequence of typical development activities that I've been going through with my new project. Sure I could (and have) tested my download file locally first, but there's nothing like testing in the real public website 'cause that's what everyone who uses the project will use. I'm sure that other newbies like me make similar mistakes in their first Google Code release and get frustrated and confused with the "yes you can delete and replace a file to download but you won't really be able to download the new file" problem. On Nov 13, 3:05 pm, Martin Taylor <c.martin.tay...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've started a new Google Code project and am having a lot of > difficulty with the downloads tab. As I test the download and install > from here:http://code.google.com/p/robotframework-autoitlibrary/downloads/list > on various platforms (WinXP, WinVista, Win7) I'm finding and fixing > problems. Then I need to delete and re-upload the .zip file for > download. I've done this a number of times today. Now I realize that > a lot of my install problems have been caused by the wrong version of > this file being downloaded. > > When I go > here:http://code.google.com/p/robotframework-autoitlibrary/downloads/detai... > I see that the SHA1 checksum is > 8ae746bb2458aab62b1b2685354eb338ec562dcf. But when I download the file > and check the SHA1 checksum on the downloaded file I get: > 50cb53f065cfccfbc4087a045c41223bee8c48cf. When I look at the content > of the downloaded file I also see that it is an older version and does > not have my latest changes. No wonder the install isn't working > right! > > The delete > page:http://code.google.com/p/robotframework-autoitlibrary/downloads/delet... > specifically says "You may want to delete this download if you > accidentally uploaded the wrong file and intend to upload a new one > using the same name." just above the "Delete" button that I've been > using. But it doesn't seem to be deleting it and/or doesn't let users > download the most recently uploaded file. > > Am I doing something wrong or is there a bug at Google Code? > > Thanks very much, > Martin Taylor -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hosting at Google Code" group. To post to this group, send email to google-code-host...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-code-hosting+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-code-hosting?hl=.
