was too impatient - the package is online! now I understand how it works...
@Lucas: do you want to test the deken package on your windows machine and tell
me if it works?
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 04. Oktober 2016 um 21:15 Uhr
> Von: "Christof Ressi" <christof.re...@gmx.at>
> An: "IOhannes m zmölnig" <zmoel...@iem.at>
> Betreff: Aw: Re: [PD] Fw: knob (again)
>
> Thanks!
>
> > the logic that creates those display names is rather simple: if the
> > uploader cared to give a name, then you get "<libraryname>/<version>
> > (<articlename>)
>
> ok, that means the platform information is gone, but you can provide it in
> the article name (together with additional information).
> please correct me if I got that wrong.
>
> So there're two different ways for deken to display the package name:
> a) name of the zip file
> b) <libraryname>/<version> [<articlename>]
>
> is a) even achievable when manually uploading?
>
> I haven't noticed b) before, so that's probably the reason I was so confused.
> It's even better for my case because I can use the article name to display
> the Pd>=0.47 warning.
>
> Maybe I didn't really make a third upload but rather edited the second upload
> and hoped that the changes would show up in deken.
> Nevertheless, now I've deleted my last upload (before I realized you've
> already renamed it and removed the first upload... bad timing) and made a new
> upload - which doesn't show up...
>
> Sorry for all the trouble...
>
> > Gesendet: Dienstag, 04. Oktober 2016 um 20:27 Uhr
> > Von: "IOhannes m zmölnig" <zmoel...@iem.at>
> > An: pd-list@lists.iem.at
> > Betreff: Re: [PD] Fw: knob (again)
> >
> > On 10/04/2016 07:36 PM, Christof Ressi wrote:
> > > IOhannes and Lucas,
> > >
> > > thanks for your help. I was aware of the naming convention and I've read
> > > the dev readme.
> > > When I was asking how to manually upload a package, I wanted to know how
> > > to *upload*.
> >
> > ok :-)
> >
> > login, and "add a new file" via the "add new article" menu.
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Now I've tried myself. I uploaded the zip file with 'add new article'
> > > ('neuen artikel hinzufügen') on my puredata.info account. I named the URL
> > > the same as the zip file. However, I chose a different article name
> > > (thinking it should be descriptive).
> > > after a while it showed up in deken but the name was - and is still! - a
> > > mess. It kind of mixed bits of the file name with bits of the arcticle
> > > name (see yourself!). I noticed it immediately and removed the file from
> > > my account, hoping it would disappear from deken but it's still there! I
> > > gave it a second try (with a different directory), same results.
> >
> >
> > afaics this part works as expected.
> > deken displays
> > > moonlib/0.3.4_Pd_0.47 (moonlib Windows binaries (Pd >= 0.47))
> >
> > which is indeed a mixture of the descriptive article name ("moonlib
> > Windows binaries...") and info parsed from the actual filename (a
> > <library>/<version> information "moonlib/0.3.4_Pd_0.47").
> >
> > which - i think - makes total sense.
> > the version information is *crucial*; just having "moonlib Windows
> > binaries (Pd >= 0.47)" could mean anything (well, at least manything).
> >
> > the logic that creates those display names is rather simple: if the
> > uploader cared to give a name, then you get "<libraryname>/<version>
> > (<articlename>)".
> > (it needs to be simple and still contain meaningful information; just
> > having "<articlename>" is not foolproof enough, as the uploader could
> > give an arbitrary name; and in fact when using the Plone-Software-Center
> > (everything under /downloads/) these names usually lack both libraryname
> > and version)
> >
> >
> > > Then I tried to upload it a third time (now with the article name
> > > being the same as the filename),
> > > but this time it doesn't show up in deken.
> >
> > that's a bit hard to debug.
> > what's the URL of the not showing-up file?
> >
> > >
> > > How can I remove the old packages and get the new one to upload? Here's
> > > the link btw:
> > > http://puredata.info/Members/spacechild1/externals/moonlib/moonlib-v0.3.4_Pd_0.47-%28Windows-i386-32%29%28Sources%29-externals.zip
> >
> > *this* one does show up.
> >
> > for me (and i figure: everyone), deken returns two moonlib uploads by
> > you, both named "moonlib/0.3.4_Pd_0.47 (moonlib Windows binaries (Pd >=
> > 0.47))".
> > one lives in
> > http://puredata.info/Members/spacechild1/externals/moonlib/
> > the other directly in
> > http://puredata.info/Members/spacechild1/externals/
> >
> > i don't see any 3rd upload. (also i don't see any additional upload when
> > i browse /Members/spacechild1)
> >
> > the last link, however, is broken.
> >
> >
> > the reason for the broken link is a caching problem on the deken server.
> > it needs to be fixed by me.
> >
> > gfmadsr
> > IOhannes
> >
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