Well, the big difference is that people who try out stuff like that are usually aware of the fact that they may very well be downloading something bogus. However, when you paste a URL that is typically a click away from a download with today's mailers, it goes to a much broader and unsuspecting audience.
As for snapshots, you can take a look at snaps.php.net. No need to blindly browse for pre-releases anymore :) Zeev At 23:03 28/11/2001, Mike Eheler wrote: >Interesting. > >I'll hold off, but people will still try stuff like that. I'm not trying >to tell ya what to do, but I've found it best never to put files with >release-names in their primary download spots, regardless of how hidden >they may seem, until your absolutely positive that will be the release file. > >I've been randomly trying various filenames with wget for the past week or >so, and last night it worked. One of the older tricks in the books for >getting pre-releases. > >Also, beyond this.. other than grabbing from CVS, does php ever publish >milestone development versions for download anywhere? > >Mike > >Zeev Suraski wrote: > >>And for a good reason. Please don't publish such URLs in the future... >> >>Zeev >> >>At 18:56 28/11/2001, Mike Eheler wrote: >> >>>Try it: >>> >>>http://www.php.net/distributions/php-4.1.0.tar.gz >>> >>>No word on the website, though. >>> >>>Mike >>> >>> >>>-- >>>PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
